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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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ok havent posted for a while on here soo wats up...

heres ma problem
sometimes when im driving my car it will only hit 5 psi in every gear 1st through 5th...
and then other times it will run normal spike at 22ish and hold at 18-20...
01 a4 1.8t quattro 5spd
still running on k03s with speedtuning and other mods r on sig...

thanx
 
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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limp mode. any CEL's?
 
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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yea i have a cel...
it says something about running below thresh hold or something
P0420
ive ben told its the rear o2 censor because of my HFC...
i need to get the spacer thing to make it sit higher
 
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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yessir you're talkin about the antifouler mod. you can use spark plug antifoulers to trick your O2 sensors. i'd try searching for that, i'll do the same and see if i can come up with somethin for you

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try this:
http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread.php?p=21341520
 

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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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ok yea thanx dude....
i will try this when i have some spare time...

but will this be causing the boost drop to 5psi?
 
Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:39 PM
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Bringing this thread back 4rm tha dead...
Soo I did the defouler mod nd everything car started a little rough but went away...
Got some of my boost back only problem is that the temperature thermometer sybol is flashing on the screen....?ny ideas what could cause it?
 
Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Wooow nevermind...ima frekin moron...
I forgot I removed the coolant reservoir to get the the o2 sensor on the firewall and wen I put everything back together I forgot to connect the sensor on the botton
Dooohhh.....!!!!!!!!!
 
Old Jan 30, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Wooow nevermind...ima frekin moron...
I forgot I removed the coolant reservoir to get the the o2 sensor on the firewall and wen I put everything back together I forgot to connect the sensor on the botton
Dooohhh.....!!!!!!!!!
 
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