Been to see Doug at MRC

[yorkie]

Firstly I hope Doug reads this as he is definitely "The Man" when it comes to knowing about these cars. Don't even waste your time going anywhere else.

As some of you are aware since aquiring Vag-Com it has been obvious that the readings I was getting indicated my boost was about 50% of what it should be.

Having tried in my half assed way to fix this myself without success I did what I should have done in the first place and went to see Doug.

Pressure test revealed that the injector seals on all 6 pots were split after the fuel rail was lovingly re-fitted to the new engine by the "technicians" at Audi in Bury St.Edmunds, only one had a boost leak to be fair though.

Road test revealed still no better boost, after further testing Doug was warning of possible wastegate diaphram failure but still had one more Ace up his sleeve.

Said "technicians" had managed to cross over the hose connections to the N75 valve so that they effectively cancelled each other out meaning that only mechanically controlled boost pressure was available.

Final test run saw .8 bar boost and 216 peak MAF reading.

Thanks again Doug.

Nick

[CliveH]

and you didn't get it remapped while you were there...??

[yorkie]

Already seems like one re-map.

Would have liked to but hopefully will get to know the car again first, already gone from 0.4 bar to .08!

[MCB]

Nice one glad you got it sorted shame you can't get a refund of sort from the '"technicians" at Audi in Bury St.Edmunds'!

[yorkie]

Unfortuately their "work" is only guaranteed for one year.

Thought about writing to Audi but in the light of my previous experiences would be as much use as rubbing your ass with a brick.

Sad that such great cars are backed up by such poor customer service and support.

[Nige_RS4]

Well done Doug - that would have had the stealers stumped for years!

They probably would've diagnosed failing turbos and charged you for a new set!

[CliveH]

Well, in their defence, I would have to say that a pair of K04s would be a perfectly good solution to the problem...

[daybar]

Great result, and you weren't far off it yourself with your thread about the N75. Aren't cars fun! As for Doug

[MCB]

Thought about writing to Audi but in the light of my previous experiences would be as much use as rubbing your ass with a brick.

Haven’t heard that one before, exceptional reference for frustration with a stealer 10 out of 10!

Well, in their defence, I would have to say that a pair of K04s would be a perfectly good solution to the problem...

Nice one Clive, intimate knowledge of the stealer brain cell (Commonly referred to as the Audi UK Dealer amoeba syndrome)…

[yorkie]

I just hope that having been on "light duties" for nearly two years the buggers don't now hit me with industrial action!

[CliveH]

Well back on topic - did we really expect anything less from MRC...? Nice work Doug

(disclaimer : or any other respected independent Audi specialist )

[CliveH]

I just hope that having been on "light duties" for nearly two years the buggers don't now hit me with industrial action!

Nah - go for it...careful warm-up/cool-down regime, coupled with regular oil changes should keep you sweet for a good while...if not, then bring on the K04s...

[S4TAN]

Said "technicians" had managed to cross over the hose connections to the N75 valve so that they effectively cancelled each other out meaning that only mechanically controlled boost pressure was available.

F*ck me! What a useless bunch of <beep> those "technicians" must be!!! Glad you got the car sorted in the end.

as much use as rubbing your ass with a brick.

Not heard of this ... does it do anything for the brick? Probably not good for your ass though ... I've tried rubbing a mule with a stone but that didn't seem to do anything either ... apart from piss the mule off

[yorkie]

I'm told the brick loves it, the ass on the other hand would rather be flying a kite.

Unfortunately kites don't like flying with asses so the brick wins.

[Doug_S2]

I doubt a ko4 conversion would have fixed this as the hoses still would not be right!