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I join your community from the Great Lake State -home of the Spartans. I recently purchased a 2005 Jetta TDi from Texas. I wanted something that was broken in yet not suffering from the ill effects of our Michigan winters. The body of my TDI is quite nice, as you might expect. This makes me quite happy. Mechanically, well, let's just say that it needs a little bit of attention. I drove it straight home from north Texas and the car averaged 41-44 MPG. This is in spite of the fact that the check engine light is illuminated, and there is no turbo boost to speak of. The previous owner informed me that he bought the car from a local woman after a Goodyear tire center informed her that the engine was shot. He took it home and removed the intake manifold and had it cleaned at an engine shop. He replaced the turbo with a remanufactured unit, as the old one was shot. Now, the engine runs but without much (if any) boost. While replacing the oil, fuel, and air filters, the obvious thing I noticed was that the intake air tube is leaking at the intake manifold. The BEW uses the tube with the metal tabs, and somewhere along the line those tabs evidently quit holding. So, someone broke the slots off the intake side and then used self-tapping screws to attach the hose to the intake housing. It's really shoddy and it's obvious that the hose it leaking. I will have to replace both the hose and the little air valve section of the intake manifold that it attaches to. Hopefully, this will sort everything out. Otherwise, I will have to check the N75 valve, other actuators and all the vacuum lines associated with the turbo...

That's about it for now. If anyone has any useful advice for this particular situation, I am open to suggestion.