My wastegate looks like the one above, and I'm not sure how to remove it. Thanks.
Quote from: somepunk22 My wastegate looks like the one above, and I'm not sure how to remove it. Thanks.I just took mine apart the other day. If you look down at the "hat" of the wastegate, you will notice a compression ring around the outer diameter that holds the top piece in- It almost looks like a compressed spring, with a taper on the end. Basically a really big snap ring. You can get a small flat-tipped screwdriver on that taper, and pull it out of the "groove" that the ring rides in, and slowly work it out all the way around. Once it's out, the top will pull right off. Next, you need to have the cover plate on the outlet side of the turbine housing removed, all 4 of the studs on mine snapped. Now, you will be looking at the bottom of the wastegate valve, it will have a fitting for an allen key in it. You will need to hold the valve with the allen, then slowly turn off the nut on the top of the wastegate diaphragm. It is under a little spring pressure, so be careful when it comes off. Not much to it really.Brendan84 Scirocco 8v <-- TDI in progress01 Jeep TJ 4.0
Thanks a ton! I saw the allen key, but it didn't seem to do much. I guess I have to clean more to notice the ring. Only 3 of my studs snaped off though. :lol: