A3 tdi holds back like limp mode ?

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audi a3 tdi 110 bhp nice one thankyou all regarding mpg dash readout thankyou now the fault the car has loads of power witch is good lol but now and again it holds back as if its gone in to limp mode no warning lights on once it loses power its like it untill i stop and turn off the car and restart then its ok again loads of power good lol but the other day it went bang not good total loss of power and loads of black smoke it had blow the pipe that runs from the turbo in to a rad inside the drivers side front wing off ? refitted the pipe and its running fine again with loads of power again but still got that holding back problem any idear what can cause this i have replaced the temp sender and cooling fan sensors /the maf sensor/ still the same had a computor readout and it had no fault found ? any idears were to try next please help me its doing my head in and my bank balance lol:banghead:
 
looks like a boost valve problem. Try changing the N75 valve and check pipes for leaks/ Cracks
 
same thing happened to my A3 1.9 TDI and it turned out 2 be the air mass meter.
 

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