Wastegate Actuator Rod Adjustment

This video explains how you can adjust the wastegate preload settings of an internal wastegate turbocharger for increasing the boost or decreasing the boost.

Wastegate actuator rod adjustment.

Remove both of the electric wastegate actuator torx screws 1. After getting under my 2 0t gli i was able to locate the actuator rod just above the passenger side axle. The reverse removes preload. Temporarily secure the wastegate.

Rotate the wastegate actuator 1 upward in the direction of the arrow. Therefore the only aspect that we can change on the oem actuator is preload. By removing the stainless steel bracket the turbo attaches to i. When the wastegate linkage pin cannot be removed the alternate procedure in this document must be followed to remove the turbocharger and the electric wastegate actuator.

One is that. When you increase the preload you do two things. Reason is that these stick as the pivot joint between the turbo actuator rod is to tight so i undid mine wet sanded it clean 2000grit oil regressed using 1000c brake pad mintex ceratec grease. I wish to fully activate from one end to the other the rod servo etc get it to find the end stops as there is no external adjustment.

Hi folks i m a diyer looking to repair my is20 turbo on a mk7 golf. I was hoping to figure out whether vcds can help me out here and if so how it works. Specifically i need to adjust calibrate the position of the open and closed positions of the actuator rod for the wastegate.