RE: 3B owners -- check your hoses!

["The Shadow" <TheShadow@ConnectCorp.Net>]

It is also found in the "Quattro Quarterly"!!!
See: Tech Tip No. 15


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-200Q20V@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
> [mailto:owner-200Q20V@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net]On Behalf Of Arun Rao
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 2:41 PM
> To: 200q20v; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: 3B owners -- check your hoses!
> 
> 
> I've been chasing an elusive low-boost and stalling problem (replaced
> the bypass valve with no effect) and I finally found the problem by
> working through Scott Mockry's check list. (Thank you, Scott!)
> 
> Luckily, I hit paydirt on item 2 (I was still being pretty
> conscientious) .. the hose from the turbo bypass valve to the intake
> manifold was rotten through.  I would never have found it had Scott not
> specifically recommended taking the heat shield off (actually, just the
> top bolts suffice) : the hose looked practically new everywhere else!
> 
> You'd think I'd have checked this first: a very similarly placed vacuum
> hose rotted through on my (now dead) 5KT, and caused *exactly* the same
> symptoms for more than a year before I found the problem.
> 
> Of course, I still haven't replaced the hose, so I shouldn't get too
> cocky -- but I feel pretty confident.  1.8 bar, here I come!
> 
> My car has a measly 85K miles on it, and I think this failure mode just
> smacks of poor design.  The heat shield is obviously inadequate, or the
> hose material is.
> 
> It's an easy thing to check, so I recommend that all of you do so.
> 
> -Arun
>