Subject	Of course it would stall and
Posted by	MixManMash on October 15, 2017 at 3:44 PM
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In Reply To	Yes, I did this with car running posted by FrozTTy on October 15, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Message	die with the driver's side pipe pulled at idle. Majority of the air goes through the IACV at idle, which is on the driver's side. With the pipe pulled, the air isn't being drawn through the MAF and the ECU probably says WTF!?!!!? and stalls the engine.
Follow Ups	Running a TT with bad turbo(s) - FrozTTy 06:49:31 10/15/17 FWIW, if your turbos are shot and you don't want to upgrade, - MixManMash 07:33:55 10/15/17 Rock <-------- ME --------> Hard Place (n/m) - FrozTTy 07:46:21 10/15/17 Boost leak .... - ConVerTT 08:03:38 10/15/17 I'm under the impression that if one seized, this - FrozTTy 09:11:17 10/15/17 More thoughts... - ConVerTT 09:46:23 10/15/17 Ha ha, well said! I will def get on the boost leak test (n/m) - FrozTTy 10:11:18 10/15/17 You can also pull the turbo outlet IC pipe and see if its - ZXoltan 12:21:40 10/15/17 Yes, I did this with car running - FrozTTy 12:55:39 10/15/17 Of course it would stall and - MixManMash 15:44:16 10/15/17 That's odd. Essentially has the effect of creating a massive - ZXoltan 15:46:59 10/15/17 I would think you could take one of the intake pipes off and - compirate 12:02:45 10/15/17 Re: More thoughts... - Zluster 22:43:11 10/15/17 So thats what I would have thought.... - ConVerTT 23:24:26 10/15/17 Well it was still spinning, correct? - FrozTTy 07:41:29 10/16/17 Agreed. Seized means all sorts of backpressure issues as wel (n/m) - Zluster 23:13:38 10/18/17 1 seized turbo will yield 0 lbs @ the gauge. The balance - Bernie (NoVA) 22:29:55 10/18/17
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