DV went bad this morning..long drive this weekend

**MYaudi** · 07-28-2008 07:02 AM

Car is throwing a cell, boost is down from 18psi to 14psi, and some oil droplets around the filler cap.

I might not have time to fix it before this weekend but i am headed from DC to the poconos in PA, prob about a 200 miles each way.

Should i be concerned about driving that much with the DV broken?
Should i put it back into stock mode? (Im running apr 93 now)

**RedS-line** · 07-28-2008 07:27 AM

do you hear the whooshing sound? how do u know its not the pcv? what code did it throw? goto autozone and get a free scanning if u dont have vagcom. and def. put it in stock mode.

**MYaudi** · 07-28-2008 07:31 AM

guess i dont know for sure, just seemed to have the same symptoms as a bad dv as i have read before. so if it is the pcv, should i be concerned about the drive?

**Das Blitz** · 07-28-2008 09:22 AM

I had the same problem. CEL. I would clear it but CEL again once boost went past a certain point.

I did drive more than a week with bad DV though w/o issues but bad pickup. Finally I just upgraded to the Forge DV for the 2.0T. Night and day. You could go with the new version of the OEM DV too.

I would switch back to stock until you replace it.