[Vwdiesel] [VW-TDI] Rolf's Golf - latest failure

[Tad]

Probably the MAF.  The EGR is monitored by way of the MAF reading, so the
EGR "red herring" makes sense.

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org> wrote:

> so maybe 2 weeks after everything was running well, felt a substantial loss
> of power while driving, then CEL came on
> guess I went into limp mode - low power, no boost (but there WAS a
> 'sweetspot' in acceleration, slowly revving in second - smoking, btw - all
> of a sudden there would be more power)
> (also, driving 3+ hrs yesterday felt much better when running hot - more
> boosty, more normal)
> 2 codes - MAF and EGR
> shop swapped a known good MAF and they said it drove much better
> thoughts?
> history: bad alternator replacement left turbo intake disconnected - since
> then have had to replace almost every valve, gauge, and doohicky in the
> turbo chain
> (everything *except* MAF
> grrr)
> thanks,
> Rolf in MA
>
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