[Vwdiesel] Rolf's Golf - latest failure

[Tad]

Camshaft?  How do you figure?  This isn't a PD...

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net>wrote:

> I still think you have a failing camshaft. I guess only time will tell.
>
> BrianG
> Iowa
>
>
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:04:20 -0400
> From: Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Rolf's Golf - latest failure
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> 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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