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:'( :'(the turbo spools but the vac/boost gage wount drop below 10 inch pounds of vac, i have a manual boost controler and its all the way closed and it still wount drop below 10 inch pounds....no boost leeks and i can hear the turbo spooling, its on a 91 ls teg. any ideas?? :'( :'(

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are you driving it?

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no, it's my friends

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as in is the car moving, under load....not who is behind the wheel

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yea, my bad ::) yea the car is moving and its under all the load the car can be under

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and why do you car if it goes below 10 vac?...or do you mean above?...check that the wastegate is hooked up right

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it wount go below 10 inch vac, as in to, 0 or start to make +psi. ive played with the wastegat alot and ive even tryed unpluging it, to see if we could get some boost out of it and still nothing

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what turbo and what motor

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1. turbo manifold leaking - check for head interface and turbo interface. what kind of gaskets are you using? sheet metal works well here.

2. wastegate stuck open or wastegate valve leaks

3. compressor inlet restricted or blocked - if you're using a rag to filter the air, guess what...no boost. take off everything connected to the inlet and see if it helps.

4. leak after compressor outlet - check all pipes, pipe couplings, interface to turbo, leaking bov, leaking intercooler.

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the turbo manafold isent leeking
im not sure about the wastgate
and for an air filter he is running panty hose
and ive been throught the charge pipe tighting every thing
T3/b18b

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if it wont go above 10in/hg like to 0 you have a problem with your guage because it should go to 0 when you floor it even if the turbo is fucked

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yeah it will go to zero, min does it all the time(NA) and i stare at the guage hopping that maybe my Ram air will make 1 psi, lol.

the panty hose could be whats causing it, but your guage is definately fucked if it won't even go to zero.

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Ah ----! You put the turbo on backwards and it's sucking, not blowing.

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you know, now that i think about it....... ;D ;)