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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2010, 09:46:29 pm »
I change a LOT of these at the workshop, its common for the top part of the DV to fall off when removing them and they land somewhere you cant see them/find them. I dropped one last week and it took 20+ mins to find with a torch and mirror!

Without the top part the inside of what is left of the DV in the pic would have been a lot more dirty and the spring would have dissapeared by now. Also without the upper part of the DV missing for 6+ months you would have had a fault code stored by now.

I guess that the original (missing) part was probably torn and the reason for the transformation is the new valve holds boost. Without the valve (or with one jammed open) the GTi's drive like really badly, a 1200kg car with around 132HP that is broken. ( I dyno tested an Audi A4 last week with a DV that was jammed open and it made 132hp and 197 with a new DV)

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2010, 09:59:53 pm »

Also if the car is only 6 months old then whys it been fitted with the old type DV??  :confused:


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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #32 on: April 12, 2010, 10:49:53 pm »
now go and get it mapped......  :jumping:

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #33 on: April 13, 2010, 09:41:56 am »
+1, think of the difference from before you replaced the DV to now, a remap will give you the same chunk of power ontop.  :party:


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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #34 on: April 13, 2010, 12:20:33 pm »
you dont need to take the whole wheel liner out, just put it on axel stands and work under the car, usually takes me about 20 mins to swap from start to finish.

I cant believe your car wouldnt come with the diaphram (dunno how to spell) the spring is still on the piston in your pics, theres no way that would have stayed on. its gone missing somewhere (probably flown out of your exhaust on fire  :laugh:) but if the cars pulling as it should then all should be back to normal.  :smiley:

Also if the car is only 6 months old then whys it been fitted with the old type DV??  :confused:

ha ha it took you a full day 1st time :laugh:

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #35 on: April 13, 2010, 12:28:41 pm »
 :P :P :P

true!!  :grin:

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #36 on: April 17, 2010, 07:26:39 pm »
Had my revision D fitted today to replace the C. No visible damage, car pulls better for sure.


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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #37 on: April 17, 2010, 08:18:19 pm »
For those that have theirs replaced at an indie or dealer, how much are you paying?

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #38 on: April 17, 2010, 09:41:39 pm »
Hi.I have an 07 plate ED30.What DV will it have on it?

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #39 on: April 17, 2010, 09:43:13 pm »
My 07 ED30 had version C fitted.

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #40 on: April 17, 2010, 09:46:19 pm »
My 07 ED30 had version C fitted.
Cheers mate.Would it be worth changing then?

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2010, 09:54:40 pm »
Yep :happy2:


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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #42 on: April 17, 2010, 10:17:08 pm »
Cheers mate.Do we have a part number?

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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #43 on: April 17, 2010, 10:22:51 pm »
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Re: Little help to put my mind at ease please - DV replacement
« Reply #44 on: April 17, 2010, 10:28:25 pm »
£47 with the VAT IIRC.