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Offline WYTHIT

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Turbo......
« on: July 18, 2010, 05:01:37 pm »
Hi there lads my gti mk5 has no power loss but when my cars boosting up im getting a sound of a  lot of what sounds like air loss is this normal?ive got no mods its standard could it be the dv?

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Re: Turbo......
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2010, 05:04:27 pm »
Yep sounds like DV or a hose somewhere  :smiley:

A quick bit of logging with VCDS will be able to confirm if you are suffering from a boost leak.

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Re: Turbo......
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2010, 05:05:45 pm »


Boost leak is my bet.  Check the intercooler hoses and i think you will find one is dislodged.

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Re: Turbo......
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2010, 05:07:54 pm »
I have no idea whats vcds is :sad1:
Im hoping to get into awesome soon for a service so they can have a look at it for me.
Its running very well no smoke no oil burning and its only got 25k on the clock

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Re: Turbo......
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2010, 05:09:40 pm »


Boost leak is my bet.  Check the intercooler hoses and i think you will find one is dislodged.
Can you talk me through what i need to rectify the problem please?