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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:31:41 +0100
From: Robert Brown <xrobert.xbrownnopsampnet.se>
Subject: Re: 9-3 Boost problem /solenoid valve? [long!]


Grunff wrote: > Robert Brown wrote: > > > Anyhow* - excuse the sidetrack - the moral of the story is that a lack of > > boost can be due to a blocked exhaust system, so next time you suffer from > > lack of boost, and once all the obvious items have been checked (wastegate, > > solenoid valve, charged air system leaks, knock sensor, ask your mechanic to > > check the exhaust pipes. > > Glad it's sorted - but what was it blocked with? The only > blocked exhausts I've ever come across have been collapsed > catalytic convertors. > > -- > Grunff Yeah - that's what the workshop claimed - that the cat had fallen apart. But I always thought that the cat is the *first* box after the turbo. What's strange on this repair job is that this "first box" is the only one *not* replaced. Everything aft of the first box is completely new. As I'm very wary of this repair shop, I'm beginning to wonder if they could have left the bad cat in, fished out the bad pieces through the back, then bolted on a new exhaust system. Result: flow re-established but no emissions control? This theory fails, of course, if it is the second item after the turbo that is the cat (see separate posting this evening). /Robert

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