[Vwdiesel] Rolf's Golf - latest failure

[Arkady Mirvis]

Bad camshaft can result when a set-up man is angry at his supervisor!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tad" <tadc at europa.com>
To: <brian at gochnauer.net>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rolf's Golf - latest failure


> 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
>> To: vw <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>, vwtdi <VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com>
>> Message-ID: <CDF8B2DC-DA7A-42DF-BEE5-2467882E8AB8 at 4u2bu.org>
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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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