Limp Home Mode Cured Easily With Innotec Turbo Cleaner Great Results

[wilkinsonbaz]

hi folks

 

like i'm sure a few others i've suffered with limp home mode and tried various cures, changing vaccuum pipes, checking n75 etc etc only to be frustrated with the results not curing the limp mode

 

so after reading various forums on using innotech turbo cleaning kit some with some good and bad results i thought it was worth a try, what a great result wish it had been one of the first things i tried quite simple to do and proved it must have been sticky turbo vanes all along,

as well as the turbo cleaner you get a strong injector cleaner you put straight into the fuel filter

not only has it cured limp home mode but the acceleration is much smoother, less smoke and better cold starting.

well worth the

[wilkinsonbaz]

a quick update on the turbo pressure

just checked turbo its running about 150 over requested when foot to floor but not upto the high figures it was hitting

before i used the innotec cleaner

picked up another cleaning kit cheap off ebay couple of months ago so i'm going to give it a flush when i service engine

later in month.

[bigdave982]

Interesting write up

I didnt think the Mk1had vnt ,always thought it had a wastegate

[seatkid]

I didnt think the Mk1had vnt ,always thought it had a wastegate

Mk1 90bhp 1Z,AHU = Wastegaste, 110bhp AFN = VNT

 

Personally, if you have to remove the turbo to use this product, I don't see the point. A couple of cans of carburettor cleaner from Toolstation at

[bigdave982]

Ahhhhh!

[wilkinsonbaz]

hi

you dont remove the turbo just the flexi exhaust pipe

i have seen it on tdi forums where they use mr muscle oven cleaner it just has to be a certain ingredient but

its just flushing it out afterwards so it doesnt affect the cat, you get a can of flushing fluid with the innotec kit to neutralize the cleaner

[redders74]

I gave this product ago today with impressive results took me a while to get the flexi exhaust off though... :D

 

First impressions after the test drive are pretty good seems to be boosting through the rev range now and its not going into limp mode when climbing hills on the motorway which was my problem...

 

Before applying the cleaner i could hardly move the actuator and slowly during the cleaning process it moved more freely the more you moved it. I would say though ditch the shite cardboard cover you get in the set and make a plyboard one instead the cardboard one leaked,its easy enough to do using the gasket as a template which is on the turbo/exhaust.

 

Anyhow i`m pretty happy now just see how it goes now, as o/p stated i`ve also been through all the other proceses looking for leaks in vac pipes etc and this was the last job before i took the plunge for a turbo which isn`t cheap...Finger crossed