[Vwdiesel] Limp Mode Frustration

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/4/2012 1:49:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
davevw at yahoo.com writes:

I have  heard of people having success blowing the vanes clean by driving
it  hard.  Is this at all effective if it is in limp mode and the turbo  
is shut down by the computer?  Do I need to keep restarting it to  clear 
limp mode (briefly...) or can I keep driving it hard to try to blow  it 
clean even though it is limping?

Also, if the vanes are stuck  from crud, will the actuator rod move?  I was 
under the impression it  wouldn't


  Andrew Libby is probably the resident VNT expert.  He'd likely  know best 
about what you might or might not do or expect, and what would fix  it.
  I'd say that driving hot and hard won't hurt it.  Even in limp  mode, the 
turbo is working.  It may not be boosting all it should nor the  vanes 
moving as you'd like but you can still blow some carbon out anyway.   Hard and 
higher rpm can indeed clean stuff out.  Don't know if it'll fix it  but it 
shouldn't hurt.
    Loren