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

[Matt Alkire]

I went through 5 MAFs on my car before I got the 'C' rev.  That one seems to be holding up pretty well.

-Matt

On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Tad wrote:

> 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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