was told to come on here to find any who lives near cadiff who as got is VAGCOM VCDS to do a proper reading on my passet tdi goes in to limp mode only on motor ways or once u get to around 60 it goes into limp mode doesnt do it all the time was told turn key of restart car then it kicks back was told it could be turbo coked up and wants cleaning untill i gett a proper read out wont be sure until then can any help me plz i have a name from yor list does he do it for me Cardiff (North) = fatty5000=HEX+CAN'. and its fine all day on local roads can any 1 help thanks or no of any around cardiff was told to clean turbo

Edited 9 January, 201115 yr by york

I had this on my 1998 passat, turned out to be perished vacuum hose that "adjusted" the turbo. The fault code reader couldn't find the problem (just said there was a problem).

Honest John, in his review of the 1998 Passat:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/volkswagen/passat-1997/?section=bad

says "Power loss on TDI 90s and 110s over 3,000rpm can be cured by replacing a thin hose that runs from the exhaust, near the turbo, to the ECU. " I'm not sure this was the hose that was replaced on mine, all I know is that a vacuum hose that "adjusted" the turbo was replaced. So check to see if you have any perished hoses in that area.

tom