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RE: Low turbo boost - '86 5KCSQ



First check the intercooler to throttle body hose (often called
"michelin man" hose) and turbocharger to intercooler hose.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Justin Frankel [SMTP:justin@nullsoft.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 16, 1997 5:12 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Low turbo boost - '86 5KCSQ
> 
> [...]
> I'm experiencing similar things on my '88 5000QT, only not quite as
> bad
> (gets up to 1.1 if I really really try :). 
> I'd like to drive it with a 1.4 boost, then I might actually be able
> to
> feel the turbo :) (I was driving a friend's 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse
> AWD 
> Turbo, and man o man does that turbo do a lot more :)
> 
> Justin