Yardz

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Evening all

After a little fettle today took car out for a spin. On hard acceleration CEL light comes on. Pull over n checked the code with my phone and P1254 pops up wastegate solenoid fail safe.

Basically the pipe that runs from the solenoid to the actuator t piece had come apart there was a black joining piece holding the line together, that piece got melted away where it feel back on to the the turbo heat shield. Tried to get hold of a connector but to no such luck. Had another T piece in the garage that I managed to blank of one end and re join.

Car has never pulled so well holds boost better and gets to 1 bar no worries (previously was making .9)
Any way I need a perm fix to this solution firstly the black connector is that actually serving a purpose other than joining the two pipes?
I'd like to replace the pipe aswell it's seen better days can I run just a single piece of pipe from solenoid to the actuator t piece?
I know there's a restrictor in the system but not sure where? It's a 51 plate bug wagon

Any advice?

piehole1983

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You can replace the pipe without any issues. Probably best just replacing the lot really. But do look for the restrictor pill and reinstall it to the new pipe in the same position that it was removed from. I replace all my small vacuum lines with silicon tube and used Mikalor clips on any joints to make sure there are no leaks. I also replaced the tee with a solid brass one. I got vacuum tube from Ram-Air on eBay. Cheap and very fast delivery.