Re: A4 turbo failure?

[Randy Welch <rswelch@wco.com>]

On Mon, 03 May 1999, you wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:32:25 GMT
>From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
>Subject: Re: A4 turbo failure?
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>In message <3e64d708.245f504d@aol.com> MCTXR4@aol.com writes:
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>> Does anyone else on the list have an A4 (mine's an early '97 w/auto)that's
>> chipped and had the turbo or wastegate fail? What were the symptoms?
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>> Over the last few weeks I've experienced a slow loss of power that became
>> significant last week when driving up some hills in the Blue Ridge. I
>> remember driving that section before and powering up the hills without any
>> problem. Now the tranny downshifts and the motor really works to get up the
>> same hills.
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One other thing to note, is that on the 1.8T A4's the wastegate rod has a
tendenancy to break as well.  Which could also be why you are seeing the
symptoms you are seeing.  

Checkout the forums at www.a4.org.

-randy