[Vwdiesel] 04 Golf boost and EGT gauge

[brian hoeft]

Reading your post made me think of a friend who had what sounds like your
brothers issue. Turns out, the 7 layer silicon hose was seeping charge air
through the main body of the hose itself. got soapy water? do those have
N249 (DV control, think its N249) valves?

//Brian


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:52 PM, travis gottschalk <tgott at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> After putting aroudn 2000 miles on the Golf with the gauges in there and a
> tune I am pleased to see the temps. I need to watch it more when towwing and
> going up mountains. I got as hot as 1600 dF at times but it wouldn't go any
> hotter then that. According to tdiclube the newer turbos can handle
> 1600-1900 without worrying. Since I didn't have the gauge on but have had
> the tune since last winter I imagine I was at the limit for a good long time
> and still haven't damaged anything. I am planning on a 17/22 turbo down the
> road sometime though anyways so if it does go it won't break my heart. The
> boost goes all over depending on load (hills, wind, etc). It will spike up
> to 21 and settle at about 19 psi under full load. I have heard about 18 psi
> is max for stock turbo. My brother also has a tune but it must have a
> different code as it is higher boost and less EGT (same gauge and tune
> box-Q-loader). He needs the code changed as his car is going into over boost
> and going to limp mode and the code needs to be cleared to run again. Only
> does it when really working it hard. I was amazed to see how much the rubber
> boost hose expands in these cars with the hood open. Without a load it will
> boost when flooring it to 12 psi (sitting in the shop). The hose really gets
> big. We were able to seal up my brothers intercooler piping with new seals
> as it was leaking. We both needed the dog collar fix for the rubber pipe
> mating to the intake manifold as the one ear had been broken off well before
> us owning and tuning it. For the record we tuned it so we could tow easier
> and still have good MPG- we don't race but we do use the cars like trucks as
> the only truck I own is my VW rabbit and I like the 04 golf better for
> towing. I just wanted to update people on the gauges.
> Travis G.
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