CC, mine did the same thing when my MAF was going out. It'd be in limp mode then randomly it go full boost then back to limp. Cleaning the MAF only helped for a day or two before it wanted to act out again, had to replace the whole deal.

Oh and I'd def recommend SpeedTuning for a chip, good bang for your buck.

Grats on the avant, my only regret is not waiting for a 5spd 1.8T avant to come around.

 

thanks man, i'm really glad i decided to jump on this one when i did

ended up finding the cause of that bank 1 lean code, was an ID10T error

I put a cone filter on about a month ago, and didn't tighten the clamp that was keeping the turbo inlet pipe on the MAF housing. it eventually slipped off and was sucking in un-metered (and unfiltered ) air. took it apart and put it back together two weeks ago and everything has been fine since. Don or Brad, if you've got any facepalm pics handy now would be a good time...

 

special edition for yesterday!

 

lol thanks Don.

Finally got around to changing my coolant temp sensor this morning, talk about a pain in the ***! I have average sized hands and I felt like I was trying to do heart surgery on a hamster while wearing boxing gloves. Took about 30 minutes and took care of the low temp problem I was having. Changed my oil while i was in there too. Gonna be a good weekend!

 

Is that the update you told me about? 0_o

 

Well I also did an intake/heat shield but there have been 1208937 threads about that already so i just let it go lol. I still wanna wrap the arm rest and door cards in something but i haven't found anything that stands out yet.

 

see if you can get leather made from chicken skin

 

Go classy. Snake skin FTW.

 

human skin ftw

 

^^ More like ftEWwwwww