patty2k8

I just checked mine and it was 25mm so I moved it back to 15mm and it feels slower all throughout the rev range now, I'm hoping when the engine management light is sorted the car will sort itself out. Thanks.

Thanks alot for that I'll check mine in the morning and see if it's anywhere near. Oh and I was just wondering if someone put the lambar ( sorry if it's spelt wrong lol ) sensors back on the wrong way round, would this cause a loss in boost? Because my engine management light is on and when I got it checked there were a few fault codes but the guy said the main one was emissions. And if they are NOT on wrong will it hurt to drive it for a few mile switched over to check.

By the way guys, I got rid of my old turbo because it was whining really loud and it turned out to be a snapped compressor blade and now I have got my new one ( reconditioned ) I can still hear a faint whine at full boost, I was just wondering if this was normal because I fitted it as instructed and a blade can't be damaged already because it's barely done 100 mile since I put it on, I have asked people and some say it's normal and some don't know so if anyone else has an octy vrs and also has a faint whine at near enough full boost I would be able to relax a bit lol, thanks

Yea, it's a pain in the bum, I had mine on a dyno before turbo went and it was producing 215 bhp with 269 lb/ft torque and it showed that the boost was dipping because the turbo was on it's way out so it should be more with a healthy turbo so I'm a bit mystified about the lack in power, I think I'll have to get the guy with the dyno to have a tinker and hopefully sort the problem out, I have checked all vacuum hoses and replaced all the hose clips so I don't think there is a vacuum leak unless I missed one,thanks chicken_eyebrow and if I find the problem I'll let u know Rob_OctaviavRS. thanks guys I'll update if I find out the cause in the mean time all input is appreciated, Thanks. I have got my car booked in on the dyno for Thursday 9th sept ( next week ) so he's going to see if he can get my hi rev boost back so I'll let ya know how it goes. Oh and chicken_eyebrow if u can get that measurement for me I would appreciate it so I can compare it with my own and see if there is a difference, thanks.

hi people, recently my turbo started whining louder than usual so i got a reconditioned one and changed them, my problem is that after all my effort i dont think the boost is the same. I know this because i used to put my foot down in every gear and i could feel it pull like a mother f$&*er through all the revs starting at about 2250 but now when i put my foot down it pulls like a mother f£$*er from about 2250 rpm untill about 4000rpm and then i can feel a very noticable drop in boost especially in 3rd and above, my question is that if i tinker with the wastegate (the flappy valve thingy on the turbo with a threaded rod controling it lol) will it get my hi rev boost back, when i first finished the car it had very little boost and i moved the nuts that hold the valve about 10mm closer to the actuator and it got my boost back but im worried if i alter it too much it will break, my octy is remapped and has stainless exhaust with sports cat and poly bushes etc so i would like to know what im doing before i break anything, should be running 220 bhp but feels like 220 between 2250 rpm and 4000 rpm but after that it feels more like standard 180 bhp, can someone please help I NEED MY BOOST BACK LOL , thanks. p,s sorry if my technical terms etc are wrong lol

do u know the part number for a 2001 octavia vrs turbo, i know its a k03s but i need the part number. thanks

Mine is a loud whine that just started all of a sudden so I know it's kerplunked lol but it did have a faint whine since I bought it which I was told was normal because I have made a few mods, I can't wait to get it fixed it's like losing a limb lol.

Thanks westallc, I found a turbo online for 350+ vat from a place called turbo solutions that price includes me exchanging mine, and I was thinking about doing it myself so if anyone has any tips I'm all ears lol. Thanks

Hi people im new to briskoda. I bought a octy vrs 2001 about 5 month ago and the turbo has now started whining (sounds like supercharger) and when i get to full boost the noise stays constant so my question is,Have my turbo bearings gone or could it be a boost leak, but it doesnt sound like air rushing out of a hole it sounds like a supercharger (just a whine when boost starts and all through boost but when i let off the throttle it stops), albeit a ill supercharger lol, when the car is stood still and i rev it, it doesnt make a noise (sounds healthy). It doesnt use oil or water and there is no smoke, i read another forum that says these engines will use oil but mine has only used what i would consider normel for any car (half a litre in 5 month), is this good or bad, could my turbo be starved of oil? I have found somewhere to buy a new turbo but i have no idea what else i need to buy eg: oil feed pipe etc. Can i still use it for work (3 miles a day) until i fix it without worrying about the whole engine going kerput? All input is apreciated, thanks people.