futureme
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- North Carolina
Hello everybody.
So yesterday i went and got my GTI (FSI 105K miles) flashed to GIAC stage 1. upon getting the car back from their test drive i was told it didn't have any power. So i figured I blew my DV and they agreed. they hooked me up with a new DV and i installed it this morning. I have much more power than before but still don't have "stage 1 power" the car still feels stockish. I would like to say it feels somewhat faster but the butt dyno is not all that reliable. either way I definitely don't have that "holy crap this is a big difference" feeling. So i took it back to the shop and let the dude who flashed it drive it. He agreed that the car had improved with the new DV but did not feel like stage one. He said it didn't have the same balls in the low end that stage 1 normally had.
I did some searching and ive ruled out the PCV . trying to blow through the hole is futile and it also passed the dipstick test. The DV is brand new. I checked the connections on the nose pipe and they are secure. checked the connections on the turbo outlet tube and the hose that feeds into the passenger side of the intercooler they are all secure. they passed the soapy water test as well. did not check the driver side yet. I figured i would be able to hear the boost leak anyway. also i have no HPFP/cam lobe issues. they both look good and since ive had the car the follower has been changed before the coating was even worn too the edge.
thats all ive done as far as diagnostics go. I asked the shop if it could be a problem with the flash and they said it was unlikely but that i should drive it for a few days and if nothing changes and it did not throw a cel that they would re flash it for me.
sorry for the long post but i wanted to give all the background information. I do not have a boost gage or VAG to scan my car unfortunately. but if anyone is in the western NC area willing to help I can meet and provide some compensation. So are there any other common issues that im overlooking? anything else i can rule out? wastegate maybe? :iono:
Thanks in advance
So yesterday i went and got my GTI (FSI 105K miles) flashed to GIAC stage 1. upon getting the car back from their test drive i was told it didn't have any power. So i figured I blew my DV and they agreed. they hooked me up with a new DV and i installed it this morning. I have much more power than before but still don't have "stage 1 power" the car still feels stockish. I would like to say it feels somewhat faster but the butt dyno is not all that reliable. either way I definitely don't have that "holy crap this is a big difference" feeling. So i took it back to the shop and let the dude who flashed it drive it. He agreed that the car had improved with the new DV but did not feel like stage one. He said it didn't have the same balls in the low end that stage 1 normally had.
I did some searching and ive ruled out the PCV . trying to blow through the hole is futile and it also passed the dipstick test. The DV is brand new. I checked the connections on the nose pipe and they are secure. checked the connections on the turbo outlet tube and the hose that feeds into the passenger side of the intercooler they are all secure. they passed the soapy water test as well. did not check the driver side yet. I figured i would be able to hear the boost leak anyway. also i have no HPFP/cam lobe issues. they both look good and since ive had the car the follower has been changed before the coating was even worn too the edge.
thats all ive done as far as diagnostics go. I asked the shop if it could be a problem with the flash and they said it was unlikely but that i should drive it for a few days and if nothing changes and it did not throw a cel that they would re flash it for me.
sorry for the long post but i wanted to give all the background information. I do not have a boost gage or VAG to scan my car unfortunately. but if anyone is in the western NC area willing to help I can meet and provide some compensation. So are there any other common issues that im overlooking? anything else i can rule out? wastegate maybe? :iono:
Thanks in advance