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Old 12-10-2004, 06:52 AM
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Yesterday I started noticing some lost power, especially in lower gears and from a start. When I had a ripped TBB its was a different power loss and felt like my car had the jitters, this is more smooth and feel like the car just doensnt have much power. Any ideas one what to check? I hope its just bad gas or that I need an oil change (which I do)
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Boost leak.
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caused by?
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Have you VAG'd?
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I wish I had one
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could be alot of things, overtightened clamps, old hoses breaking from excessive boost, etc
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Default same thing here

constant misfires at idle which I cant seem to get repaired by anyone, and at wot boost gauge shows a 15psi spike then immediately drops to 5psi which I guess is considered limp mode.
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Default Might be another ripped TBB - different rips would likely give different symptoms.

When mine ripped, I didn't feel any jitters, but it was down on power.
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I'll check tonight
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