MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: samiul11 on February 27, 2015, 04:20:41 pm

Title: Boost issue?
Post by: samiul11 on February 27, 2015, 04:20:41 pm

So i've had the car for 7 months now and have been having this issue for a while. The first time i put my foot down after warming the car up the turbo wont kick in until about 5.5k revs? After that the turbo will kick in like normal at around 3k. But until i dont hit that 5.5k i dont get boost whatsover even after that cars been warmed up for a while. Is this normal?

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: cooljimy84 on February 27, 2015, 04:24:43 pm

I take it ur using seat of the pants to gauge when the turbo kits in....

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: samiul11 on February 28, 2015, 02:19:50 pm

Quote from: cooljimy84 on February 27, 2015, 04:24:43 pm

I take it ur using seat of the pants to gauge when the turbo kits in....

 :confused: :confused: :confused:

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: cooljimy84 on March 02, 2015, 12:23:36 pm

It's a way of saying u feel... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/seat-of-the-pants (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/seat-of-the-pants)

Have u got any fault codes ?

A good place to start is http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44709.0.html (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44709.0.html) but it's better to get some logs if poss, before changing this out that may not be broken.

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: samiul11 on March 05, 2015, 05:37:14 pm

Anyone else had this issue before?

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: cooljimy84 on March 07, 2015, 11:07:32 am

Could be a sticky actuator on the turbo. My first point of call would be to get some logs, of boost, n75 valve, and revs. Also a scan with vagcom, see if there are any "soft errors" i.e. not enough to throw a check engine light but enough to be logged.

Title: Re: Boost issue?
Post by: samiul11 on March 07, 2015, 11:24:54 am

Quote from: cooljimy84 on March 07, 2015, 11:07:32 am

Could be a sticky actuator on the turbo. My first point of call would be to get some logs, of boost, n75 valve, and revs. Also a scan with vagcom, see if there are any "soft errors" i.e. not enough to throw a check engine light but enough to be logged.

Thanks mate i'll get it scanned asap!