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Old May 4, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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well a funny problem occured today.

My 38mm wastegate was acting funny tonight, I have it set at 7psi on a T3/T4 .50 trim turbo....

but it was spiking to 10psi then I would hear the wastegate slowly open and it would creep back down to 7ish psi depending on what gear I was in....

So I was thinking that either my vacuum hoses are bad OR my wastegate is taking a **** so I may have to clean it.


What do you guys think?
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Old May 4, 2008 | 03:45 AM
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Old May 4, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Are you still running the tial knockoff wastegate? If so, this is a very common problem, which is why I got rid of mine and went with an actual Tial. GL.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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nevermind....I guess the wastegate was not the problem.

It may have helped to tell you guys before the problem started (when it was boosting fine) my ignition timing was at about -7/-8 (don't ask...I didn't know). So my buddy and I adjusted timing to about +11/+12 and then the problem started....he says it may have something to do with air/fuel ratios....but I'm not sure.

Any ideas?
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