Re: My turbo has been replacedFrom: Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>Subject: My turbo has been replacedBelieve it or not, my friendly dealership replaced my turbo this weekunder warranty. Not a word was said about the TAP chip, so I'm not sureif they didn't know or just turned their heads. The diagnosis was adefective wastegate, which I have heard was a problem with the earlier1.8T's. I'm kind of sad to not be in the 1999 Passat V6 loaner anymore, though. That tiptronic/V6 combo was loads of fun.In addition, they replaced my driver door window regulator after Icomplained of an odd noise as the window went down. Hope that's thelast of that as I will soon be out of warranty (In Jan.)Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:06:00 -0400From: Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>Subject: My turbo has been replacedBelieve it or not, my friendly dealership replaced my turbo this weekunder warranty. Not a word was said about the TAP chip, so I'm not sureif they didn't know or just turned their heads. The diagnosis was adefective wastegate, which I have heard was a problem with the earlier1.8T's. I'm kind of sad to not be in the 1999 Passat V6 loaner anymore, though. That tiptronic/V6 combo was loads of fun.In addition, they replaced my driver door window regulator after Icomplained of an odd noise as the window went down. Hope that's thelast of that as I will soon be out of warranty (In Jan.)Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:06:00 -0400From: Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>Subject: My turbo has been replacedBelieve it or not, my friendly dealership replaced my turbo this weekunder warranty. Not a word was said about the TAP chip, so I'm not sureif they didn't know or just turned their heads. The diagnosis was adefective wastegate, which I have heard was a problem with the earlier1.8T's. I'm kind of sad to not be in the 1999 Passat V6 loaner anymore, though. That tiptronic/V6 combo was loads of fun.In addition, they replaced my driver door window regulator after Icomplained of an odd noise as the window went down. Hope that's thelast of that as I will soon be out of warranty (In Jan.)

[Dan Hamilton <danh@cape.com>]

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> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:06:00 -0400
> From: Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: My turbo has been replaced
> 
> Believe it or not, my friendly dealership replaced my turbo this week
> under warranty.  Not a word was said about the TAP chip, so I'm not sure
> if they didn't know or just turned their heads.  The diagnosis was a
> defective wastegate, which I have heard was a problem with the earlier
> 1.8T's.  I'm kind of sad to not be in the 1999 Passat V6 loaner any
> more, though.  That tiptronic/V6 combo was loads of fun.
> 
> In addition, they replaced my driver door window regulator after I
> complained of an odd noise as the window went down.  Hope that's the
> last of that as I will soon be out of warranty (In Jan.)
> 

Chris:

What diagnostics did they run and what was your orignal complaint? I ask
because I want to gather info in case I need to make a claim for my
intermittenly funky wastegate and wish to mask the presence of my
Wetterauer chip in my 98 1.8TQM.

-dan hamilton