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Clip holding wastegate arm to actuator - size anyo

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#1 ·
Amongst the various other bits of car-related angst I've had recently, the wastegate arm and the solenoid rod have parted company on my 1994 2.3t. Couple of questions - firstly, is it an ordinary circlip, and secondly, if so, what size? Is there a part number or standard source of these? TIA.
 
#2 ·
Re: Clip holding wastegate arm to actuator - size

I used a plain R clip from an axle stand to get me back to turbo power - that was 18 months ago! I have a handful of different sized nice stainless R clips waiting to go on but you know how it is.. when it's working fine it's hard to get motivated to grovel around underneath.
 
#3 ·
while changing actuator on my turbo the clip went aswell. to no avail tried to get hold of a spare, instead installed a copper wire (insulation stripped) putting it through the hole on wastgate pin (2mm below the clip groove). Worked allright since.
 
#8 ·
Re: Clip holding wastegate arm to actuator

OK, no rain, just dry and cold, so now fitted! Some of you guys must have smaller hands than me, I found it a right b*gger getting my hands in to get the wastegate connected and the R clip inserted. Thought about asking SWMBO with her delicate little hands but decided against it.

Hopefully that's it for the lifetime of the car....
 
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