Eurosport (NH) and Tritec (MD) (was I got it!)

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <Pine.A32.3.92.970425200130.19337A-100000@midex.gsfc.nasa.gov> Alan Schunemann writes:

> Wouldn't you be concerned if the indicated
> max turbo boost was half the expected maximum?

Yup.  Probably more concerned than you appear to be.
 
Regulars will know my standard take on this - pull the turbo ==> intercooler 
hose at the intercooler end and have a feel inside.  Lots of oily slime is 
quite normal.  Bits of metal filings aren't.
 
This isn't a common failure mode.  But it's easy and cheap to check for, and 
the consequences of missing it _can_ be a new engine.  On the whole, it's worth 
doing if you suspect a boost problem.
 
>From there, boost problems can be caused by almost anything.  Ripped or split 
hoses are incredibly common.  Then we get into the control issues - the 
computer might be holding boost down for reasons of its own.

Indeed, since you've never seen the car produce nominal boost, we might be 
looking at something _real_ _dumb_ like the wrong computer being fitted.

It happens.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club