On 4/09/2019 08:18, Paul Quinn -> Fabio Bizzi wrote:
BTW Australia is a huge place. :P
Yes, I've visited three out of four cardinal points of its geography. So far, only Darwin has escaped opportunity for my travels. But I have
been as far north in this state as is reasonable. I have a firm idea of this continent's size.
During July and August I drove a little over 8000km. From here at Bucca, north to Rockhampton, west through Emerald and many other towns, through Mount Isa, continuing west until I hit the Stuart Highway then north to Darwin.
Back south to Katherine then west to almost the Western Australia border.
Then back to Katherine, south to Tennant Creek, east to the coast at Townsville
and back south on the Bruce Highway and home to Bucca.
On the way back east across the Barkly Tableland I got an error light on the dash, and the vehicle's computer "de-powered" the engine into "limp mode". At Mount Isa I had a mechanic plug his diagnostic computer in and tell me I was "loosing turbo boost". I was aware that there was a pin hole in the hose between the second turbo and the inter-cooler but was surprised that it would make that much difference. Very little room to fit a hand in and feel anything but I tried duct tape anyway.
I limped home and took it into the Bundaberg dealer (no VW dealer at Mt Isa) to
have that hose replaced. $430.00 later and the bloody fault still popped up. Now they have it back replacing some vacuum valve the controls the two turbos and the waste-gate. They've quoted another $420.00 to fix that.
I guess I won't be going distance driving again for a while until I recover financially.
The Australian age pension isn't overly generous...
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Regards
David
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