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Oh ok cool.. i guess ill have to buy vcds :-/ I have an old Chinese cable from a few years ago but not sure if ill be able to run that test with it. Do you know what options I need to select to run that test. Guess I should have paid more attention when replacing the led's I did put the needles back to the positions they were in but guess i moved them a bit to much when I took them off. Thank you for the advice though much appticiated!!

Wonder if any one can offer any assistance. The led on my speedo dial went out wich was a little annoying. So had a quick look about and thought well its easy enought to do. So quickly wipped out the unit stripped it down replaced the white LED's put it back in the car. And the dials are out of alignment... argh! Maybe a little silly on my part assuming they would re calibrate when you put the ingition on (swing back and forth) Is there any way that I can do a calibration on them :-( Had a look about but cant find anything on this issue..

Cheers CookieMonster - I will check for play etc So I found this.. How to remove the turbo from an AWX engine Also some other nice bits on there!!! http://elsaweb.spagh...7.89/21917884/3 Maybe of some help to me and others...

:( yep time to get dirty again!! Any tips on removing the turbo ?? I think I will stock up on cleaning products and have a good cleanup, intake etc.... (egr is filthy so I guess the rest of it is bad too) Any suggestions apart from the mr muscle.. and load of carb cleaner I guess.... ohh and the other halfs toothbrush lol

I was thinking that’s the next thing to check... The turbo! I was going to do that at the weekend but didn’t have enough time after trying different things. Checking the pipes, removing erg and intercooler (not that easy) I believe it is a variable vein turbo but need to check, which is not that easy! It’s getting dark by the time I can get round to doing anything in the evening "There are posts about using Mr muscle cleaner to clean it with the turbo still on the car” I think I will have a look at the actuator (For any play etc) and probably end up taking the turbo out and cleaning it. It’s a bigger job but probably a better result than trying to just squirt cleaner into it (Also not sure if it can be done like that on this engine) Not sure why I don’t get any error codes. Should the car not go into limp mode? I would have thought that the car would know if there is too much boost being generated and tell me to go to the “Workshop” Thanks for the input guys!

Ok so connected the actuator pipe back up and took it up the road it felt ok (engine runs fine sounds ok etc..) until the pipe came off it again. Not the end thats now screwed in but the other where the connector is good.. (little ear things) so there must be something causing it to produce to much boost for the pipes to hold or there is a blockage some where... So has any one got any ideas what i should do now??

Gonna give it a little run later and see what happens!!! If i dnt blow it up ill go and get one and see whats going on... Any ideas on the best place to tap into on these?? Done my 1.8T golf years ago will have a look at thatto refresh my memory...

Thanks for that! Maybe I am being a bit paranoid lol. Just don’t want to damage anything after hearing that initial noise. Maybe I will just try it and see what happens.. Then get a new hose....

Can u confirm for me.. It looks like i get compressed air coming out of the EGR bit (top left on my engine, where the diaphragm is) running round the top of the engine then down to the right into the intercooler round the front of the car and into the bottom of the turbo. AWX pd130 is this correct I thought it should be to other way round or an i just beeing silly again haha Cheers!!

Yep I took the whole thing out, inc the L shape pipe at the bottom (not the long metal one that runs the full width of the car). I was just wondering how compressed air runs around from the turbo, intercooler egr etc.. From what I read is seems the compressed air flow should be going the other way from what I am seeing in my car.. but that doesn’t make sense lol.. so I must be missing something.... petrol vs diesel ?? maybe I read something wrong Ie. the air is drawn into the turbo from the main air filter then pushed out to the intercooler then into the intake. is this correct?

Well I noticed that the lugs had worn out on mine (turned the pipe round and it would blow out the other end) one large self tapping screw done the trick lol My only concern now is when I rev the engine hard the pipe swells right up (really scary!!) I didn’t dare drive it like that in case the pipe exploded!!! Not sure if that is normal???? The compressed air flow was going down this pipe into the top of the intercooler so I took the intercooler completely out (looked very clean for a car that has done 240k) to make sure it wasn’t blocked or something!! Why would there be so much pressure to make the pipe swell up?? I took the vacuum hose of the actuator (seems that stops the pipe swelling) but drives with no turbo (very slow) The engine sounds ok so I don’t think it has caused any damage. Can any one explain the way the turbo system works on this car so I can understand what is going on

Thanks for the reply's I will check the pipes over the weekend but I dont think its that. I have the pipe that keeps blowing off tyed up with cable ties and it isnt coming out now. The problem is even now there is no boost from the turbo and as i heard a metallic sound (like a bit of metal flying about in the engine bay) I am a little worried to drive it in case i cause more damage.. The car runs fine no smoke sounds ok etc.. just when I drive it the turbo isnt working... Sloooooowwwww lol I was thinking if its easy enought to inspect the turbo ?? Ill have a look to see if any thing is damaged. I have no error codes or lights on the dash so I dont really have any where to start from..

Last night I broke down but not sure to what extent the damage is so looking for some input if possible. I Pulled away from a set of lights (road works on a country lane) and a felt like I hit a wall and a great big bang then the car sounded like an aeroplane taking off. I couldn’t stop as there was about a mile of traffic behind me and the road was down to a single lane. I continued to drive with floods of black smoke pouring out of the car there was a period just after the initial “explosion” where there was a metallic sound as if there was a bit of metal bouncing around. I pulled over a 1/4 of a mile up the road (nearest place) had a look under the bonnet the intake pipe from the intercooler had come off!! (bottom right) I managed to get it back on and started the engine and it sounded ok so I revved it up a little and bang the hose flew off again and it sounded like a jumbo jet... So I found a bit of old string in the bush and tried to strap the pipe in place but it kept blowing of as soon as I applied any pressure to the engine. So the other half came to collect me and brought some cable ties with her so I strapped the pipe in place nice and tight!!! This time it didn’t blow off. So thought I would chance driving the approx 4 miles back to my house. The engine sounded ok but there was very little if any boost (get a slight pull but drops of straight away if any) I have no error codes or warning lights nothing that would give me any clues as to what is going on.. So questions... Why would the intake pipe from the intercooler keep coming out (not falling out blasting out with a bang!) would a faulty turbo cause this? Why do I have no turbo (does the sound of metal I heard mean it has broken up inside) How easy is it to take off and have a look at it. Any other ideas would be helpfull. It is a superb I AWX with 240k :0)

All fixed !! Silly me, when I done the re wiring (water problem)I left two connections as they looked ok at the time.... I was unable to let the carpets completly dry out as the car is in constant use, I thought a couple of days would be ok sadly not! I had a lot of water under the carpets and 98% is completly dry now except for a small patch righ above the two joins I did not repair(front part by the ccm. On top of that where I strapped the loom completly up I left a small gap in the tape geuss where?? yep in the same place as the two joins lmao typical So there you have it. Learn from me if you get the water ingress issue and some of the connections look ok just re-work them any way, saves having to come back. Dont for get to tape it up nice. no little gaps.....

Im having an issue with the internal swiches on the drivers door (fuel filler cap and boot lid, not working!) Done all the usual checks swiches look good including the lock swich for the key. Removed the motor for the filler cap and that works fine out of the car. Has any one got any ideas where the central locking control module is on this car?? might be worth having a look at. also if any one has had this problem or can assist in any of the wiring I can check that would be great. Done all the usual water issues some time ago but no change to the boot lid switch not working (this was not really an issue). But now the filler flap has stopped working I now have to fill it up for the other half and it becoming a pain.......