Codes, Codes, and more Codes...and no boost
So its gotta be an internal leak then...gotcha. I'll post back when I get the little mother f'er off. Hopefully I won't get fagged up the *** and thats all that's wrong with it is a $50 wastegate!
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you have a tune for this k04 right? Or at least a k03 chip? An external leak of stock 8-10psi wouldn't be as audible and would be much easier to lose before the manifold compared to a ~18-20 psi k04 or k03 tune.
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If you by chance have the turbo smart tee knock off, as advertised in the cincy diode mod thread, it is a piece of ****. Diodes also wear out. If you find that either one of those things are the result of your issues after you take out the turbo (you shouldn't) I take no responsibility for the wasted labor time 
Pshew...I'm good. It's the real deal. I have a 24 hour duty tomorrow (army stuff) but I'll have the turbo out on friday and post back. BTW, thanks a million for all the help. I owe ya!
I AM ******* LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I was driving home today from work. I was at a stop light, when to go and BAM...I had boost. I had it all the way home. I pulled my car into the drive way, turned the car off. I came back out, turned it on and then nothing....no more boost. I am so confused...
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Hmmm. I'm onto something else here. Can't believe I didn't see it before.... That P0011 cam code could have to do with a bad cam chain tensioner. 2001 engines have a solenoid for the cam adjuster (vvt). If the cam chain tension was lose (due to a bad tensioner), it could cause the vvt "solenoid" to register that code.... and maybe limp with 0 or little boost, I guess. You mentioned a clicking/ticking that goes away when you rev the engine.... The description of the noise and this fault make me real confident that your cam chain tensioner is at least 1 big problem.
A timing issue would certainly cause the ecu to want to retard timing and boost ie. limp.
Maybe it's a good thing you didn't remove the turbo. But in my experience even limp mode produced some boost, never exactly 0.
A timing issue would certainly cause the ecu to want to retard timing and boost ie. limp.
Maybe it's a good thing you didn't remove the turbo. But in my experience even limp mode produced some boost, never exactly 0.
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I have the cincy diode mod...I thought that meant that my car couldnt go into limp. Here's something else. On my boost gauge, at zero psi, there is a box 
The needle actually comes to just before the box, like right on the line. I've noticed that when I actually floor it that the needle some move into the box ever so slightly...so I know that the needle is moving some. So What should be my next course of action. Should I remove the turbo and still examine the wastegate?
The needle actually comes to just before the box, like right on the line. I've noticed that when I actually floor it that the needle some move into the box ever so slightly...so I know that the needle is moving some. So What should be my next course of action. Should I remove the turbo and still examine the wastegate?