Dump Valve

[Brian]

Well I found out whwere it was located a little faster than I had wanted lol..... I was taking a couple people for test drives last night. I got on boost and I hear.. PHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! and the car drops off in power real quick. I figured I blew off one of teh lines to something turbo related. After gazing under the hood for a good 20 minutes I found the dump valve hose disconnected under the plastic shrouding of the engine. I just went ahead and replaced the crimp they use with a hose clamp so it shouldn't be a problem again :D

[john]

Dump valve? As in wastegate? Blowoff?

[SC-MECHAM-WS6]

d@mn...brand new and breaking $hit... :D

[Brian]

Originally posted by john
Dump valve? As in wastegate? Blowoff?

It's a blow off valve, but they don't call it that for some reason. The car sounded super cool when the hose blew off, but there was NO power...lol

[nolimitsoldier]

The stock vw's valves are crap, hehe. I fried my old one too!

[Dallas J]

heard that for the 02 1.8t they switched to the Audi TT DV and that it should last a little longer than the stock one.

Pretty much i was told that it would be best to keep it till it went cause they dont know if its better.

[Brian]

Hmm Yeah I guess that was one of my next questions. I know the 01 gti's DV leaked as low as 3 psi of boost. I'm wondering if I should just get a new one. That and it would sound cool ;)

[02GTI1.8t]

:eek: geez thats crazy. no problems here with my stock dv. they did switch to the audi dv in 02 which seems to hold boost better