sweet, is it an OEM turbo?

Is the speed sensor really a GM part or are you talking out of your ***?

 

Yes, they're OE, and failing pretty frequently.

 

Probably my ***. I thought the speed sensor they gave you with your replacement turbo was a GM style part.

Edit: Figured out where I got confoosed. Was reading about EFRs on another website, and they use a GM style dump valve. Not speed sensor. Doi.

 

that's disturbing. what is the average mileage these borgs tend eat it?

 

solution: don't buy a vw

nah, its a borg warner part, specific to the EFRs

 

I dont know what GM car would have that speed sensor. I know the newer turbo ecotec's use BW turbos but dont have speed sensors.

 

There doesn't seem to be any consistency to it. This had 20k on the clock and was driven by an elderly woman. I believe the one prior to this was a 95k 2010 Jetta Sportwagen owned by a young male. VW has been good-willing them if they're out of warranty, seemingly with no questions asked. The newer TDI is their baby and they don't want people thinking it's a problem child. Grant it, when they're running; they are an awesome vehicle.

 

VW's probably good-willing them no questions asked because BorgWarner is paying for it....

 

Well **** it seems Borg Warners aren't even good?!
Better switch to chinacharger now fellas.

Dat piston slap doe, I'd die if mine was that bad. But you've been letting it sit in that garage in cold ad weather huh?
We got *** fucked by 38° at night here in Florida. The state went into hysteria.
My car loved it. Besides over boosting the **** out if the poor turbo.

 

dude my car makes a lot of noises.
the lifters were never adjusted, ever, piston-to-wall is big, things vibrate etc etc.

piston slap goes away once everything warms up, obv ->

 

I've been thinking about checking my valve lash, I hear slight ticking up there.
Does the MSdroid have tuning feature?
I want to replace my tuning laptop with a tablet or something easier to mount somewhere.

 

Sorry m8te, ur piston is too small for her cylinder.

 

it doesn't replace a tuning laptop but it gives ability to make changes in a pinch.
doesn't have autotune.

 

Well, you DO live in FL. If you lived somewhere that it actually got cold, you'd hear tons of OEM cars even with piston slap and other horrible cold start noises. Cars are noisy as hell when you start them in sub 15* weather and whatnot.

 

Too lazy to search, which pistons and size? If my wisecos sound like this at their worst I could handle that.

 

And other weirdness. The tow rig took a good 20 seconds before power steering fluid reached the pump on day when it was below zero (awful noises). The subaru clutch feel completely changes anytime its below ~12*F out, and occasionally the PS doesnt work right after starting the car when its super cold, because the atf in the ps system is too thick to be drawn up the suction tube.

 

Yeah, and sometimes you get exhaust leaks when it's super cold that will seal fine once everything gets some heat in it, valves sound angry as hell for a minute until oil gets pumped into the head, and tons of other things.

My DD honda (b18 engine) sounds like an angry swarm of hornets when it first starts in sub 0 weather. Cold idle at 1550rpm, and an orchestra of underhood noises to make you cringe on really cold starts.

 

used FM wisecos, 84mm, 0.1mm (0.0040") piston/wall clearance.

another fun thing when cold: steering requires a herculean effort. I have an "imporoperly" depowered rack.

 

Good, I have off the shelf 84mm, 10.5 wisecos. I'll have to review the spec sheet on what clearance they want. Like I said, if this is the worst I can handle it.

 

Yeah.. people here in FL don't know what cold is.
So using the tablet you can manually tune. Autotune would require to much processing I suppose.

Mine are 84mm weisco. I think they call for .0030 turbo applications. It also depends on if it's a race motor or not too I think.