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Hey everyone!

As you can guess a couple times over the past month and a bit I have lost the turbo in my car, I went to my local VAG shop and they couldn't find any fault on the ECU for it! First it happened, I was just driving along and noticed no boost and it was struggling to get past 2k revs, so I turned the engine off then on again and hey presto it was back! 2nd time it happened it was when I driving and all of a sudden it went? Then I did the same with the engine again and it came back.

I remember a thread on this a while back but can't find it?

Anyone have any idea what is happening to my wee car

i had to for quite a bit a while back (was my thread)
scary when it first happens init lol.
anyway, i haven't found the fault but i think it's going into limp mode due to a dodgy boost tube or something like that.
i need to get mine checked for fault codes.

have you had yours re-mapped?

Yeah, he's had it remapped pip. Sound's like limp mode to me, or possibly a faulty MAF. Does he problem disappear if you turn of the ignition for a while and turn it back on?

Ash

mine did it again today. its limp mode as when you switch ofdf n back on it ok. :s lol

mine only happens on the 1 road at the same time. when i leave work, engine cold and doing about 40mph, when i relese accelerator pedal limp kicks in. sucks bit time.

mine done it and it was a dodgy boost hose i now have a boost controller on mine and im working my way thro changing all the boost pipes to silicone hoses rather than the crappy vw stuff

you got any pictures of where all the pipes are?