Last night bboyalan was tuning my car and it was set for 16 but only boosting 8 psi. He says it doesn't seem like a boost leak, any thoughts on this? Wastegate? Solenoid? Boost leak?
I have
16Ts
550ccs
truboost
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Last night bboyalan was tuning my car and it was set for 16 but only boosting 8 psi. He says it doesn't seem like a boost leak, any thoughts on this? Wastegate? Solenoid? Boost leak?
I have
16Ts
550ccs
truboost
maf translator
emanage blue
Last edited by Atrosity; 09-27-2010 at 08:44 PM.
2 weeks ago but the car has been sitting until last night and there wasn't any noticeable leaks.
On the AEM boost control solenoid we had the third hole plugged up which is meant for a sintered muffler thinking it was a possible leak and we were only boosting wastegate because that third hole was plugged on the solenoid, we took off the bolt and was only boosting 8 psi after that which was set for 16...could the solenoid be damaged?
First place to start is boost leak test it again. When you did it the first time, did you put the tester on the intake side of the turbo. How high did you test it to, if you want to run 16, i would test it up to 25 psi, and make sureit holds solid.
If all that checks out, then i would check out your boost controller, and the lines to the wastegate, if the wastegate is holding 8 psi then its probably doing its job. Your boost controller might not be working properly, or you might simply have a bad line going to the wastegates, keeping them from staying shut until the right PSI. Also check the wiring to the solenoid and make sure there is power.
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Warning! this is dangerous!! and should only be used for a last resort. Disconnect the line to the wastegates and see if you can build boost past 8 psi in a 3rd gear pull...
DO NOT build boost in 1st or 2nd. wait til 3rd and slowly ease into the throttle as soon as the needle breaks 8 psi let off.. you know you have a bad boost controller
+1 for checking the wiring to the solenoid if everything else tests fine. Even after I checked the wiring on my solenoid with my apexi AVC-R I had, it ended up being a bad solenoid internally. I got a new one, and it fixed the problem (I was having the same symptoms as you, only boosting wastegate pressure).
So the problem to this was the boost controller. Just boosted 17 PSI by mistake. Everything seems ok.
Pick up a nice MBC, and you wont ever have that issue again.
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