New, unexperienced VW and Turbo car owner...

[GolNat]

Yes it is part of the SAI. I have seen it in my car but not sure where it goes.

 

[BudgetPhoenix]

Thats not part of the SAI, its on CCTA engines as well its a drainage hose for water. It connects to the bottom of the stock intake box and hangs down in the wheel well area

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Yeah I’m gonna have to figure that part out too, part of me wants to take it back to the dealer and let them figure it out but idk yet

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Thats not part of the SAI, its on CCTA engines as well its a drainage hose for water. It connects to the bottom of the stock intake box and hangs down in the wheel well area

that would make sense cause of where I found it at

 

[Joe_Mama]

Yes it is part of the SAI. I have seen it in my car but not sure where it goes.

It looks just like one of those two hoses but its not. I think it is the drainage hose mentioned

 

[GolNat]

Ah that makes sense. It was odd it had a plug like thing in the end.

 

[Mk6Autobahn]

Thats not part of the SAI, its on CCTA engines as well its a drainage hose for water. It connects to the bottom of the stock intake box and hangs down in the wheel well area

Can confirm, I found one on my CCTA and it ended up being a drainage hose. From VW

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Got some goodies in today going to be installing this and doing a resonator delete this evening

 

[Joe_Mama]

Awesome. I have had mine in for a few weeks now and i have been impressed. im sure you will be too

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Awesome I’m looking forward to seeing how it does, hopeful to be able to get a new AC compressor in next week sometime too, this no AC business is for the birds

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Does anyone have any experience with the P3 digital vent gauge?

 

[Joe_Mama]

Lots of people run them, it's a great gauge and it almost looks oem.

Pros:
- configurable, can show more than just boost
- digital
- looks nice

Cons:
- expensive
- can catch glare and become hard to read
- reads the pressure sensor from ECU which is not as accurate as a manual gauge

 

[Floyd of Rivers]

Yeah i really dig the analog vent gauge like you have in your profile pic also

 

[Joe_Mama]

Yeah i didnt realize till your post that i didnt have it listed in my signature with the rest of my mods. It is a Newsouth Performance boost gauge and vent pod.

https://www.uspmotorsports.com/NewSouth-Turbo-Vent-Pod-VW-MK6-boost-gauge-kit.html

I went with a mechanical gauge because it taps the manifold. There is no misinterpretating a mechanical gauge. It is a great diagnostic tool for any turbo vehicle.

See the digital gauges read off the ecu which is a slightly inaccurate reading because it gets its data from a sensor located up stream the throttle body. So between that sensor and your actual intake valves there is a lot of room for variation so you wont ever get a true reading.

The mechanical gives you the real pressure in the intake manifold just before it is aspirated into the cylinders.

 

[Joe_Mama]

Also just an addendum, if you have OBDeleven you can just mount your phone to a holder and see the same live boost values a P3 gauge will show. So keep that in mind.