To start off I have an SS AUTOCRAP 35mm (I think) wastegate

Its been doing great right on the 10 psi mark as the spring is 10 psi
today something weird starts happenin Im gettin EXACTLY 3 PSI everytime

I pulled over and checked for loose charge pipes or loose connectors everything is looking good and tight

I know SSAC is crap has anyone had any problems with this WG doing funky stuff like this?
How could the spring have gotten damaged ro something?

Im clueless Guess I'll buy a TIAL I need a 35 MM right or will the 38MM bolt right on
My current setup

 

u have a vacuum source hooked up to the wg right? its not in the pic. i'd open it up and look at the diaphram, make sure everythings workin. also, could your bov be leaking?

 

yea its hooked up

and no the bov isnt leaking

 

pull the vac source off the WG and see if it'll go past 3 psi, keep your eye on the boost gauge since you don't want to over do it

 

did that this morning only 3psi again

so I pulled the vac off the BOV
and 3psi is all and it still blows off

I noticed that when I plug and unplug the vac line that the bov would pop in and out

its an OBX wonder if its fucked

im getting exactly 3psi no matter what

 

u hsve a leak somewhere

 

can you hear the turbo? does it sound like its working a lot harder than it used to? if so you have a boost leak.. if its not trying as hard and spools slow and much later than its an exhaust problem.

EASIEST way to test for aboost leaks is to take the filter off the turbo put your hand over it with the engine running and see if it pulls a hard vaccum. My BOV was leaking so bad that i could do that and there was no change in the motor. fixed all that up and now you can put your hand over it and it pulls a hard vaccum pretty quick.

 

u might have to *** w/ the spring inside the wastegate, pull it out so its longer or something and has more tension, i'm thinkin after 3 psi it starts to give way. if not that then you have a leak somewhere.

 

SSAUTOCRAP TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!


why do you **** buy this ---- then complain n ask why its not working right? you asked for it, buy a real wg

 

yea fucktard; we dont even know if its the wastegate that is the problem. there are a trillion things that can go wrong in a turbocharged vehicle to cause it to loose boost.
there is nothing wrong w/ the ssauto wastegate. i've been using mine for a while now and its great. BTW i seem to see more tial wg problem threads on h-t than i do knockoff problems