dubbin
All in, All out..
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Car(s)
- 09 GTI
Well, i had been dealing with some lost in boost/power the past few weeks, and after checking all connections and having successful logs, i finally threw a check engine light. it was a P00299 code: Boost Pressure Regulation; Control Range not reached.
This is what i was waiting for before taking it to the dealer so they didnt keep the car and couldnt replicate it. Before i took it in however i took the catch can off and the downpipe.. left the intake and s3 cooler on, put it in stock mode, locked out ecu, and took it in.
Well they called be back hours later and said something about the pin on the wastegate failed or something, and the wastgate couldnt actuate properly. Well i asked if they could just replace the WG, but he said when something like this fails on the turbo they replace the damn thing.
Fine very well, he said warranty would cover it despite my mods. lol i told him the IC was oem though, and he was actually shocked, not to mention i was shocked they even noticed it, but good on them. they didnt say anything about my noise pipe delete either, more or less because they probably didnt notice it, haha.
Anyway, they told me two days yesterday it would be done, called me today said they had to order the turbo from germany, so now im out 10-14 days...LAME. Im bout to go pick up a rental though since i dont feel like riding my bike around everywhere, espescially with these colder mornings we been experiencing as of late. I didnt know warranty covers rentals, that was news to me, but :w00t:
anyway, i am APR stg 2 with obviously a dp and the aforementioned intake and s3 ic. They didnt really care about the intake or ic mainly because it would tough to prove either could have caused this.
This is what i was waiting for before taking it to the dealer so they didnt keep the car and couldnt replicate it. Before i took it in however i took the catch can off and the downpipe.. left the intake and s3 cooler on, put it in stock mode, locked out ecu, and took it in.
Well they called be back hours later and said something about the pin on the wastegate failed or something, and the wastgate couldnt actuate properly. Well i asked if they could just replace the WG, but he said when something like this fails on the turbo they replace the damn thing.
Fine very well, he said warranty would cover it despite my mods. lol i told him the IC was oem though, and he was actually shocked, not to mention i was shocked they even noticed it, but good on them. they didnt say anything about my noise pipe delete either, more or less because they probably didnt notice it, haha.
Anyway, they told me two days yesterday it would be done, called me today said they had to order the turbo from germany, so now im out 10-14 days...LAME. Im bout to go pick up a rental though since i dont feel like riding my bike around everywhere, espescially with these colder mornings we been experiencing as of late. I didnt know warranty covers rentals, that was news to me, but :w00t:
anyway, i am APR stg 2 with obviously a dp and the aforementioned intake and s3 ic. They didnt really care about the intake or ic mainly because it would tough to prove either could have caused this.
