scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt?
09-22-2003, 09:04 AM
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scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt?
So I have my turbo in with the 450cc injectors running on a non-tuned hondata (which drives pretty damn good btw). Gonna get it tuned sometime early this week.
I'm driving down the road and decide to boost a little to see what she'll do. Pulling really hard at 3-4psi @ 75% throttle I start to hear a loud metal clanking sound, it sounds like a hammer slamming against a pipe and getting louder, then the sound stops. I freak out and immediately assume the worse, thrown rod, but I don't see any smoke in my rear view mirror and no liquid on the ground. The car is idling just fine, EGT at 900 degrees Farenheit. I must have left a tool or socket in the engine bay because I checked everything and nothing feel off. The car drove fine the rest of the drive.
On the freeway crusing at 4k rpms @ 15Hg VAC I'm getting EGT's around 1500-1600 degrees Farenheit. Is this fine? It's almost off the gauge.
I'm driving down the road and decide to boost a little to see what she'll do. Pulling really hard at 3-4psi @ 75% throttle I start to hear a loud metal clanking sound, it sounds like a hammer slamming against a pipe and getting louder, then the sound stops. I freak out and immediately assume the worse, thrown rod, but I don't see any smoke in my rear view mirror and no liquid on the ground. The car is idling just fine, EGT at 900 degrees Farenheit. I must have left a tool or socket in the engine bay because I checked everything and nothing feel off. The car drove fine the rest of the drive.
On the freeway crusing at 4k rpms @ 15Hg VAC I'm getting EGT's around 1500-1600 degrees Farenheit. Is this fine? It's almost off the gauge.
09-22-2003, 09:12 AM
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Re: scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt? (FuzzyGreen)
EGTs are supposed to be high when cruzing....but I would worry about the loud clanking sound you heard.
09-22-2003, 09:20 AM
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Well the sound went away so I think it was something I left in the engine bay falling off.
This engine has 170,000 miles on it (about 10,000 miles boosted) and I have another B20a engine sitting in my garage if this one goes. These engines go for $300-500 so they are pretty disposable.
This engine has 170,000 miles on it (about 10,000 miles boosted) and I have another B20a engine sitting in my garage if this one goes. These engines go for $300-500 so they are pretty disposable.
09-22-2003, 09:22 AM
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Re: scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt? (FuzzyGreen)
I am assuming you have your egt tapped b4 the turbo. On the highway mine is inbetween 1350 and 1400 at 4k.
09-22-2003, 09:57 AM
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Re: scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt? (FuzzyGreen)
Well I found out what was making that sound. The nut from the turbo support braket fell out. The bolt is sitting there still rattling around.
09-22-2003, 04:20 PM
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Re: scarry stuff when driving with a boosted engine and is 1600F high for egt? (FuzzyGreen)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FuzzyGreen »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well I found out what was making that sound. The nut from the turbo support braket fell out. The bolt is sitting there still rattling around.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Cool. Glad to hear it wasn't something major.
Cool. Glad to hear it wasn't something major.
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