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91 200q owners - low boost



In message <UPMAIL04.199608180432360757@msn.com> "Mike Miller" writes:

> ... using a pair of vice grips, clamp off the grey 
> hose (bout 1/2 inch diameter) that runs to the wastegate - drive the car and 
> if boost increases it is not a wastegate problem - if it doesnot increase, 
> then the wastegate is leaking. My test confirmed the wastegate to be leaking. 

It could also have confirmed a number of other things.  Have you checked the 
turbo vanes for damage and/or the intercooler for metal fragments?

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club