Turbo Limp 17965 T-map Fault

[al terego]

02 reg galaxy 1.9 TDI ghia 95,000 miles

 

All of a sudden, for no apparent reason, the car started to go into limp mode. It normally happened at about 3000 revs in third or 2500 in fourth.

Cold or warm, thrashed or mollycoddled didn

[34laxy]

Snap! Same problem, Same age of Gal, and Same mileage, Spoooky! :(

 

Thanks for the detail of your fault finding mission, not cheap I guess?

 

What was the technician using to read the T-Map, VAG-COM? What was used to establish that the T-Map readings were wrong?

 

VAG COM gave me the identical fault code as you describe and I had been planning to strip down the Turbo suspecting that the vanes were sticking due to excess soot. Your solution sounds worth a try first.

[kim 8027888]

Hi, sorry I haven't replied sooner - rebuilding a kitchen............

the technician used a vag-com, but I'm not sure it gave him any useful info. He went with his experience of these turbo's and used something that looked like an ammeter to check the readings from the t-map.

It is a real easy part to replace, see if you can find someone to do a swap with.............I live in south bucks if its any use.

Good luck

 

[also had a problem logging on which is why my name has changed from al terego]