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VW 1.9 PD TDI (ATD) - Turbo lag & high fuel consumption

29K views 4 replies 3 participants last post by  Konya  
Your chart and log is very confusing. It tells me nothing. However, I experienced your exact symptoms when I incorrectly inserted one of the hose retainer clips on the turbo outlet hose that runs to the intercooler. The hose popped loose, but not completely out. However, as a matter of principal, the data coming from your log appears to be data originating at your sensors and interpreted by the ECU and that is what the software is showing.....total ECU confusion. The only thing this says is that the ECU is confused, not why. It is times like this that common sense needs to be applied. In other words, you need to know when to ignore values that don't pass the test of reasonableness. ECUs are not human. They will react only to foreseen conditions by the programmer when he wrote the code and that goes for the diagnostic software programmer as well. It is, in the end, up to you the troubleshooter to use your common sense, experience and human judgment to interpret the big picture. Stay out of the weeds!

Let's look at what you know for sure.
You know the car was wrecked and damage was done to the front of the car.
The engine ran fine before, but not after the accident.
The damage was repaired, but in doing so, the front of the car was disassembled and then reassembled.
The intercooled is mounted in front and most likely had to be removed to effect the repair.

Where do you now look for the fault? By the way it is very easy to incorrectly apply the hose connection clips. You must make certain the hose in fully inserted into it's respective socket before inserting the clip. Been there and done that!