So last Sunday I fitted my newsouth performance boost gauge to the gti which was quite easy to fit and I must say it looks quality.
So knowing there was a something not quite right with the car as the boost felt quite flat, i took it for a drive around the block to see what boost I was running. So the outcome was 7psi but I had read somewhere that it should be between 10-12 psi so I was pretty sure the DV was buggered.
I had already brought the DV+ from AMD also brought a new pcv, the pipe and gasket, got a cam follower and spark plugs. Problem was I didn't want to fit them last week as it was booked into ridgeway bodyshop Monday ( for the second time) lol.
Well I picked the car up today and the sun came out so I decided to get it all fitted started with the pcv which was a nice easy job and found that it looked warped compared to new.
Then moved onto the cam follower which was a little tricky but got there in the end lol. I didn't get any pics of removing it as my hands were covered in petrol and oil
but here's the old 1.
Then moved onto the spark plugs, you could hear a popping sound from the exhaust on idle as if it has a slight misfire but has no codes. I'm guessing it was this plug causing it
Then we removed the DV and found it looking like this
So I got my DV+ fitted
The instructions said to put some oil on but think I went ott lol so I cleaned it off and done it again.
Took it out for a drive and woooooow what an amazing difference I have boost
pulls like a train and is now boosting at 14psi
We had a polo come into the bodyshop I work at and we wrote it off due to it being beyond economic repair so I removed the aerial before it went to salvage
