radwoodtsi
Probationary Member
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- Nov 17, 2019
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San Francisco,
California
Hey all,
As the thread title says, I have a 92 TSi that is completely stock outside of a cat-back and high-flow(but still restrictive CA legal) cat
My mechanic removed the airbox to get to the radiator overflow tank to clean it off and inspect it. That's all fixed, everything back together.
Drove the car and it's hitting fuel cut at WOT/4500RPM.
Boost spikes to 14 PSI+(on stock gauge) and it hits a brick wall. Feels like someone punched you.
I checked all the vacuum lines and hoses. I found the intake boot was on but loose so I tightened up the clamp and its on there good now.
The ONLY thing I found was a missing clip on the air intake canister. Could that be causing that drastic air change to cause the MAF to freak?
It's going back Sunday because the mechanic is also a friend(and it happened after his work) but I want to arm him with any info.
To be clear, no boost leak test done and when i say stock I mean stock. No gauges, no MBC, nothing. We don't have a leak tester and in CA, we're in lockdown. Not much is open.
Would love advice.
As the thread title says, I have a 92 TSi that is completely stock outside of a cat-back and high-flow(but still restrictive CA legal) cat
My mechanic removed the airbox to get to the radiator overflow tank to clean it off and inspect it. That's all fixed, everything back together.
Drove the car and it's hitting fuel cut at WOT/4500RPM.
Boost spikes to 14 PSI+(on stock gauge) and it hits a brick wall. Feels like someone punched you.
I checked all the vacuum lines and hoses. I found the intake boot was on but loose so I tightened up the clamp and its on there good now.
The ONLY thing I found was a missing clip on the air intake canister. Could that be causing that drastic air change to cause the MAF to freak?
It's going back Sunday because the mechanic is also a friend(and it happened after his work) but I want to arm him with any info.
To be clear, no boost leak test done and when i say stock I mean stock. No gauges, no MBC, nothing. We don't have a leak tester and in CA, we're in lockdown. Not much is open.
Would love advice.