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Offline Joeb3006

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Loss of power
« on: June 05, 2026, 06:42:49 am »
Morning all, my GTI is stage 1, recently when driving under heavy load, I get total boost loss, and the car goes into limp mode. No lights on the dash though. Then with a quick ignition on and off, everything goes back to working until I boost under heavy load a fire times and then the same thing, total loss of boost.

I was then sat in a lot of traffic and booted it to get away, EML came on, and again total loss of boost. But this time after an off and on, I still have no boost.

I know I need to give it a scan but I’m currently in the south of France and without a scan tool.

Has anyone had a similar experience and if so, what was the cause?

Thanks in advance guys


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Re: Loss of power
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2026, 08:32:29 pm »
Could be loads of different things, as you know, it needs to be scanned. Could be overboosting, underfuelling...anything I'm afraid.