Right then, after months of engine warning light going on and off whenever it felt like it (with no other symptons), the light went off the other day so I assumed that it had 'fixed' itself again. 2 days ago, the light came back on and this time, I lost power.
Now when accelerating, there is a very noticable drop in performance and it sounds like the diverter valve is continuously dumping the boost (exactly like when you lift off the accelerator pedal). Checked the engine with VCDS yesterday and I got the following faults logged:
001089 - EVAP Emission Control Sys: Incorrect Flow
P0441 - 002 - Lower Limit Exceeded - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 11100010
Fault Priority: 0
Fault Frequency: 15
Mileage: 101064 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2000.00.00
Time: 13:39:07
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 827 /min
Load: 21.6 %
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Temperature: 72.0°C
Temperature: 12.0°C
Absolute Pres.: 1000.0 mbar
Voltage: 14.224 V
000665 - Boost Pressure Regulation: Control Range Not Reached
P0299 - 002 - Lower Limit Exceeded
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 01100010
Fault Priority: 0
Fault Frequency: 1
Mileage: 105899 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2000.00.00
Time: 18:48:01
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2538 /min
Load: 82.3 %
Speed: 103.0 km/h
Temperature: 84.0°C
Temperature: 9.0°C
Absolute Pres.: 990.0 mbar
Voltage: 14.351 V
It looks like I have a boost leak! Any ideas where to start looking? I did have problems with the standard dv on my old S3 (1.8T), but I don't know where it is on the 2.0T so I'm not sure what to lok at first.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Oh, and to anyone that says they told me not to ignore the engine warning light: yeah, yeah, you were right! But I DID try to get VW to look at it!!
Thanks