[s-cars] The Boost is On!
Mihnea Cotet
mik at info.fundp.ac.be
Tue May 13 21:44:34 EDT 2003
Of course you can tell her, just disconnect the hose again!
Mihnea
At 12:27 13/05/2003 -0600, Tim Lynch wrote:
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>Thanks to those of you that responded. I went home over lunch and found
>the hose disconnected as ALL of your posts suggested. It is truly nice
>to have an "Audi been there/done that resource guide". The good: I have
>boost back as before. The bad: I cannot tell my wife that the stock
>turbocharger went bad and that I need to replace it with an RS2 TC from
>Europe!
>
>Tim Lynch
>1992 Audi S4
>
>[ Original Message]
> > On a 2 hour trip to Colorado Springs yesterday, I noticed my boost
> > gage (electronic dash display on early S4s) was stuck on 0.8 bar. At
> > about 75 mph, I punched the throttle and the car felt like it was
> > normally aspirated - no boost. I have the MTM 1+ chip and the car ran
>
> > great for about the first hour of the trip. Ever since, the gage is
> > stuck on 0.8 bar. It still accelerates but no longer puts you back in
>
> > your seat as it did before. Hoses? - I haven't switched to my Samcos
> > yet but I don't hear the SSSSSSSSSSSS sound that I have read about in
> > the past. BPV? - Could the bypass valve have failed in some capacity?
>
> > ECU? - Are the above symptoms a result of a loose, unsoldered chip on
> > the ECU? Further, the turbo whoosh sound is much fainter as I am not
> > sure if I can hear it or not. Please help me get my boost back.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Tim Lynch
> > 1992 Audi S4
>
>
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