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As topic says I am a noob, so please no flamming :)

This morning car felt fine, this evening went out and when I put my foot down to accelerate there is no power when the turbo usually kicked in at 2500 rpm. I haven't done anything differnt than earlier in the day. The turbo gauge is going from -1 to 0 and no further. Had a quick look under the hood and couldn't see any leaks etc. Any idea's what could be going on?? Im thinking a trip the mechanic is in order.

Thank you for any advice

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I concur with hyper gear, take of the dump pipe and look at the exhaust wheel

Im assuming this would have been the first thing you would have checked and as noone else has mentioned it have you checked all your cooler piping. When they blow off they can make a loud bang and then no power. Other than that it sounds like it icould be a turbo matter.

could also be a wastegate issue. if the wastegate is stuck open then that will dramatically affect performance. i had a boost controller once that would hold pressure between it and the wastegate so when you changed gears you would have no boost in the next gear.

so undo your wastegate actuator and see if it is moving freely.if it is, then also check you vaccum lines to make sure there are no blockages between the wastegate and the intercooler pipe.

then if that is still ok then pull off your dump pipe and check the exhaust wheel

could also be a wastegate issue. if the wastegate is stuck open then that will dramatically affect performance. i had a boost controller once that would hold pressure between it and the wastegate so when you changed gears you would have no boost in the next gear.

so undo your wastegate actuator and see if it is moving freely.if it is, then also check you vaccum lines to make sure there are no blockages between the wastegate and the intercooler pipe.

then if that is still ok then pull off your dump pipe and check the exhaust wheel

+1

Im assuming this would have been the first thing you would have checked and as noone else has mentioned it have you checked all your cooler piping. When they blow off they can make a loud bang and then no power. Other than that it sounds like it icould be a turbo matter.

Nope, it wouldn't be the cooler piping as the slightest leak in the cooler piping, and the car will not idle normally.

The fella mentioned it's idling normally....

Either the gate is stuck open, or the turbo is f'd

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