MarcSmith1983

A few years on this post but felt it was worth updating with my fix. A little back story. Light came on. Looked like actuator had jammed. When you turn off the car the actuator moves back and forth. It was struggling. Moving about 10mm or so. Should be 30-40mm. Can’t buy the actuator on its own so a new turbo it was. Apparently the actuator is part of the turbo. When it arrived the actuator was on the wrong way around for packaging purposes. So it was turned around proving they can sell separately. Anyway, 23 months later the fault reappears. I tried spraying the point where the wastegate is with penetrant and wiggling it and it worked for a few days. But the day it was going for an MOT it went into limp mode. So I decided to focus on the elbow of the actuator as when I moved the wastegate I could feel it wasnt jammed. I was pretty aggressive with it. Anyway, MOT passed and 1,000 miles later the fault has not returned. I’m not saying this will work everytime but it’s worth a shot before wasting money on a turbo that isnt needed. In a nutshell, lube and wiggle the elbow and get it moving solved my problem.

Hello all, Have an issue with my Octavia vRS Mark III petrol (68,000 miles). Fault code appears and enters limp mode P256300/P00AF00/U041600. This is when driving up a small hill when leaving the house. Check and clear codes and drive as normal and no light comes on (ESC and Engine Management light). No power loss from turbo and when took diverter valve off no visible gunk or oil. This part actually looks brand new. Needing a little advice. Are turbo veins electronically or mechanically controlled? Is actuator underneath the turbo? Is this part even outside of the turbo or is it built in? Where is the vein position sensor? Is this built into the turbo itself? After reading a lot on the forums people say that there is gunk that stops them from working. But there is no loss of power from turbo and when you actually drive with the turbo working no hesitation or any other issues. As the fault returns there is something wrong. Been on ross-tech website which has it's place, but it's too generic for confirming the answers to my questions. Hopefully someone else out there has had this issue and can let me know what they did to fix. Any help is greatly appreciated.