My car is not boosting HELP!
 

I just went out today to test my car out but it wont pass 0 on the boost guage. What can be wrong? My turbo is internally wastegated.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

Exhaust leak
Charge piping leak
Restrictive intake
Running on 3 cyls (long shot)

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

No exhaust leak (new piping)
Charge piping Checked
No intake
All cyls. compression 175

Could it be that I need to adjust the wastegate rod?

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

check to see if your wastegate is stuck open

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

by exhaust leak he meant before the turbo somewhere

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

Do you actually hear or feel it boosting and maybe your boost guage just farted on you? If not, I'd check out the W.G. and vacuum lines etc. make sure the turbo isn't seized up for some odd reason.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

haha that happened to me before, i only tightened 2 of the 4 bolts to the turbo -> manifold :)

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

WG open or boost gauge screwed

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

fix the wastegate... my c clip fell off one day and the arm came off then it felt like poop... no boost all the way home till i reconnected it then OH YES... BOOST BABY... fix your wastegate... its prolly stuck in the open position... if it was ur charge pipes it wouldn't even go to zero

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

if there was an exhaust leak b4 the turbo you would hear it. Unless there was a gaping hole in teh charge pipes you would have some amount of boost. I would put money on it being the WG or the gauge.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

I will check the wastegate but how can I check to see if the boost guage is the prob?

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

wastegate problem ...yo

or just get a new boost guage...

do you hear the turbo spool at all

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

Yeah the turbo spools but it doesn't boost.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

Try using another boost gauge. But that shouldn't be the problem. They arn't bad from the factory too often.

I would think that the wastegate is stuck open. look into the eshaust side and see if it is sealed. Try to pull the WG arm, it should be pretty hard. 8psi is even pretty hard.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

where is the boost gauge connected at

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

can you FEEL anyboost?.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

nope. Can't feel nothing other than hearing the turbo spool.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

It's gotta be the wastegate stuck open. Take your dp off and check out the flapper.

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

I'd say it's a charge pipe leak or a coupler has a hole in it.

Stan

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

I just checked my wastegate and it seems too simple to pull the wastegate rod. Do ou guys think it's to loose?

Re:My car is not boosting HELP!
 

i have my satelite earth camera looking at your car right now...it looks loose and a bird just shited on your roof, clean up the bird ---- before it messes up your paint too.