[Vwdiesel] No power TDI

[Tawnya & Sheldon Walsh]

Thanks for all the help,  I fired it up this morning to drive to VW for
another $63.00 fuel filter OUCH!(anyone switched to Racor?) and the
power is back to normal.  The Service guy said it sounds like MAF but
light on dash should have come on.  He put "contact enhancer" on the MAF
contacts.  Apparently the bubbles in the fuel line are not an issue.

They had heard of wastegate not opening creating too high boost problems
but not a case where the waste gate is staying open and creating no
boost.

I installed the new filter and will be looking at pulling the manifold
to clean out any EGR junk.  I do notice it has lost some pep since new
and this is likely the reason.

I will let you all know what I find

Thanks

Sheldon Walsh
99 Jetta A4 TDI
86 Land Cruiser BJ 70

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anton Largiader [mailto:largiader at worldlynx.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:22 AM
> To: Tawnya & Sheldon Walsh
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] No power TDI
>
> Did you try re-starting the engine?  This sounds very much like the
sticking
> wastegate (or EGR? I forget) solenoid, and most people find that the
car
> will behave normally on next startup.  This happened to me; I read a
fault
> code saying something about incorrect air pressure, and the problem
never
> resurfaced again.  See if this is the problem and we can take it from
there.
>
> There's a thread (or twenty) on Fred's TDI forum about this.  Also
there's
> a
> TDI-specific list.
>
> www.tdiclub.com
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-tdi/
>
>
>
> ==============================================
> Anton Largiader, Chester Springs, PA
> '94 K75RT, '93 R100GSPD,  '94 R1100RSA, '98 Jetta TDI
> largiader at worldlynx.net   http://members.aol.com/alargiader/
> ==============================================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tawnya & Sheldon Walsh" <stwalsh at uniserve.com>
>
> > Help!  On my way home from work today I lost all the pep in my 99 A4
> > Jetta TDI.  It was all I could do to go 110km on the flat, no wind.
Any
> > hills and I was doing 80 km
> > where I was doing 110 -120kmph yesterday.  The car has 113,000km on
> it,
> > Delo Synth 5-40 every 8000 km.  Observations I made.  I can't hear
> > (outside) the usual low level whistle of the turbo at idle, or when
I
> > rev it.  The clear fuel line on the fuel filter has lots of air
bubbles
> > traveling through it.  No warning lights on dash.  I am due for a
fuel
> > filter..could this possibly be a clogged filter issue.?