Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:44:34 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: Turbo concerns
Mark Rayner wrote: > > Hi all. > > I live in Sydney Australia and have a '97 9000 CSE that I have recently put > a sports exhaust system and turned up the turbo on. The difference in > performance has been well worth the cost. > > My problem is that the other day I was accelerating up a hill )not really > pushing it hard) when the turbo seemed to cut out suddenly. My first fear > was that I had blown it, but I had not and the turbo still works fine. I > think they have a limiter on them so my next thought is that it kicked in > way too early. As I said while I was accelerating briskly, I was by no means > hammering the car! > > I have always let the turbo cool down after a "spirited" drive, which I am > not sure is necessary or not. So if anyone has an opinion to share on why it > happened or if that cool down period in necessary, I'd like to hear from > you. > > Cheers, Mark A sticking wastegate or otherwise the wastegate control not functioning properly. A fuel cut off is issued by the ECU. Johannes
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