[Vwdiesel] Epiphany!!!

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

Some of you may remember that back in April of this year, I had a  
catastrophic turbo failure on my 98 Jetta TDI.  When I replace the  
turbo, I also replaced all of the vacuum lines and in the process  
broke off two of the hose barbs from the N75 valve (for you  
nonTDIer's, this controls boost and the waste gate).  I ordered a new  
one and three days later I reinstalled the valve with what I thought  
was the correct hose connections.  Within a few days, while cruising  
down the highway, I went to accelerate and the car felt like it hit a  
wall and boost wouldn't exceed 10 psi.  I pulled to the road side and  
made sure all the connections were in place and then restarted the  
car and went on my way with everything working in fine order.  This  
has happened occassionally ever since, usually when cruising down the  
highway on cruise control, but at other times also.  Each time it  
would reset after a restart (the dreaded "limp mode")  I went through  
every possible scenario that I could think of.  Finally, I dove into  
the TDI club archives with the dreaded words "limp mode"!  After  
about 2 hours with no luck (everything suggested, I had already  
done), I came upon a short little post:  "Make sure the hoses on the  
N75 Valve are correctly connected.  They should be connected as  
follows.........."  DOH!!!!!  All my problems solved by switching two  
hoses on the N75!  Car runs great now and all is right with the  
world.  Well not really but in my driveway things are looking up.  I  
will post later about my latest acquisition.  Hayden

" Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve  
neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
"Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by  
one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law  
to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up  
without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as  
unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."

Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque  
(making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,  
Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K 
+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z  
engine.
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to  
Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),  
Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit  
Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.