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i pulled the vacuum hose of the actuator and blew air into it and it moves up and down just fine. The rod sits by itself closest to the actuator furthest away from the dump pipe. Took it for another drive still gutless . I guess the next thing would be to pull the intake pipe of the front of the turbo start it and see if the turbine is spinning under revs .There should be a vacuum-operated actuator (so that the ECU can open the wastegate). This should pull up to open the wastegate. If you (using a new piece of hose) suck on the actuator, does it move the arm at all? Is it all the way up already? Try pushing it further down, does it move ("down" means towards the connection on the turbo, away from the actuator).