Re: 91 200q owners - low boost

[mallick@orion.crd.ge.com (John Mallick)]

Mike Miller wrote... 

I spent 6 hours Sunday evening with Ned looking into the low boost problem. I 
swapped in a wastegate from an S6 (they are the same) that Ned had "laying 
around" and we tried it out with Ned at the wheel

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Wow...must be kind of nice to have Ned in your "backyard". 

MIke continues...

1.7- 1.8. Put my old wastegate back on (while doing so noticed that the hose 
that runs from the intake manifold to the turbo frequency valve was crimped 
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
where it goes over the bracket at the IM end - uncrimped it. This will 

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Actually, I think that hose from the IM runs to the turbo bypass
valve.  If that valve leaks, you will have a problem too.  I assume
that you and Ned checked it.

That's a real bummer about the turbo.  Maybe for what the dealer would
charge you can get one of Ned's upgrade packages?

John Mallick
'91 200q