Thread: Limped into Eden NSW - intercooler hose?

Ok. Last thing to check if I can is the turbo waste gate actuator. I am guessing from googling that wiggling the actuator is no easy task. Am I wrong? Is there a swear free method to wiggling it? Ralph

I believe there is a method of using a bent coat hanger. However not swearing will only make the job longer. The first question I ask people when diagnosing over the phone is" did you call it a $&@", I think I read a post about 4 months ago describing how to do it and the op now does it during a service

Cheers Josh. Actually easy to do with a coat hanger special tool! Luckily, or unluckily, mine was nice and free. So we've stuck our van in storage and am proceeding to Melb. So far, so good, chariot will hold 100 and only fades uphill will still hold 85-90 though. Not as much smoke as when pulling the van, but it's still apparent under load and doesnt pull well. I'll ring around the Melbourne indies on Monday and see if one can take a quick look. Perplexing indeed.

So I obviously need to ask, did you call it a "&$/?"

Get ya Mrs to jam her left foot on the brake and the right foot on the throttle while she's in gear. Hopefully the boost shows itself to you. I mean both feet to the floor. Even the right one. Nothing will break

They do kill inlet manifolds, I've never seen one but they happen

Originally Posted by josh.huber

So I obviously need to ask, did you call it a "&$/?"

Not really . I have height extension rods so I was able pop it up high and reach in easy.

Originally Posted by Ralph1Malph

Curious. I put my GAP diagnostic tool on and read the faults. There were two that worried me. Exhaust gas recirculation sensor low, and turbocharger underboost. I cleared them (without saving the log d'oh) and am only able to get the exhaust gas fault to return. I'll keep looking I guess. Turbo boost pressure reports as N/A which is also a bit strange but I am not quite sure what that parameter measures.

I had the same symptoms and errors on mine, this was the cause of it.

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