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Re: Where is the Waste Gate Freq. Valve on a 200TQ?



Russ Southerlin writes:
> This weekend I was cleaning up the Instrument Cluster conections on my
> brother in laws 200TQ (20V) and he was telling me that the engine has
> been running like cr*p lately.  Looked in the engine compartment and
> noticed right off that there was no vacuum hose going to the waste
> gate!!!

That's the way it's supposed to be.  On the 20V turbos fives, the wastegate
nipple is vented to the atmosphere.  This is different than the 10V turbo
cars.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 2000 2.0
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