Agree with some of the other guys, sounds like you've split the turbo hose (not loose, split), if you take off your turbo pipes you will see that they are coated on the inside with a thick film of oil, nasty stuff. The split only needs to be small, so small you might not even see it, but it will bleed boost all the same and cause problems. This oil is due to the EGR dumping this rubbish oil residue in just after your intake box. The turbo pipes are rubbish and only two ply and my understanding is they are not oil resistant!! Hence why many of us have gone the after market stainless mandrel bent pipes with high end silicon (5ply) fittings. Without boost it will feel exactly the way you have described. The boost sensors will pick up the problem and limit all normal operation to limit any further damage. The other problem is that unless you fit something like a Pro-Vent filter all this oil residue blocks up sensors and is not very friendly to variable geo turbos. Suggest maybe taking off the turbo hose, get yourself some of that silicon rescue tape, clean the hose and use the silicon tape on the entire length, this stuff is great and should be in everyones recovery kit. Normal tape will not do, but this stuff is fantastic, heat rated, pressure rated etc. If you get your power back then you know whats going on. But I wouldn't suggest driving around like this, this is a temporary fix only, not a daily driver fix.
To the high pressure steering hose question, yep the standard hose is rubbish as well and its only a matter of time, did mine climbing a range up in Exmouth WA, long way home back to the caravan park driving a Jeep with no power steering, pumped the tyres up as high as possible and wrestled it back, never again !!! Jeep assist helped and Jeep replaced the hose and its now my spare, went straight out and got a custom one made, simple fittings, none of this complicated rubbish of twists and turns, flanges, extension bolts etc. I asked the guy who made my custom hose what he thought of the standard one, I can't type the words he used but they were colourful, ha ha.
So the general recommendation is, if you blow a hose don't replace it with a factory item, go out and get something better made, simple, because the standard one didn't cut it and will only cause you grief again. And have you seen the length of the radiator pipes, carry spares of them because there ain't no way your gonna get them up north !!
Cheers
VooDoo
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hehe), and warranty fix at the dealership, keep an eye out for it if it is a common problem, i'm only on 18000kms, and 1 year old, just a heads up
