re: Turbo say "Bye-Bye"

[Jason Palmer <palmerj@earthlink.net>]

>My 97 A4t has been having boost problems recently, causing it to have
>less power than  it did before the TAP chip went in.  After hooking it
>up to the diagnostic computer twice, the dealership kept telling me
>that nothing was wrong.  (After all, how could there be--there are no
>error codes?!) 

Well- a fella here in town had the SAME problem... went to the shop
several times, same thing- Nothing wrong, no error codes.
Of course there was something wrong- it took a good 13 secs or so
to reach 60 in hit automatic.
Went to second shop, got a new turbo... now he uses the second shop
exclusively.

Might want to consider taking the car to the shop- and getting a loaner.
At least you wouldn't be putting miles on your car while its turboless.

Jason Palmer
97 A4 1.8Tquattro mtm w/ original turbo
88 GTi (was busted into- but not stolen... I feel your pain)