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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Default car sputters and bogs after turbo

Have a h22 in EK civic and it ran great all motor. Had CEL 10 & 14 but the car still idled fine and drove great all motor. So I decided to boost it. So I added all the necessary parts including a walbro 255 fuel pump. That was the only thing I added besides the turbo stuff, and injectors. I got a chip just so I could drive it to the tuner.

Now to the problem....

The car runs like dog turds. I can't give it more than a TINY bit of throttle. Not even enough to get the car up to speed fast enough to feel safe driving it on the main road. If I give it more than that it breaks up and won't go above about 4k rpm. It idles good enough and doesn't die or anything. I pulled the plugs and they were white as hell. So it's running lean right? So I put some bigger injectors in and now it's running pig rich but still doing the same exact sputtering/bog as with the smaller injectors.

I have ZERO vacuum leaks. And like I said above I have the 10 & 14 CEL. Had them when it was all-motor and it ran perfect.

I know getting it tuned will probably fix it but just wondering if it could be something else. I'm on a tight budget and was not wanting to spend money to tow it 2hrs to the tuner. I had no plans of hitting boost until after a tune, just wanted to be able to drive it there.

Any and all help is appreciated!!
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Default Re: car sputters and bogs after turbo

what injectors?
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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Default Re: car sputters and bogs after turbo

did u ever find out wat was wrong with your ek? i got the same problem in my ef wtih ls swap!






Originally Posted by NmaynarD
Have a h22 in EK civic and it ran great all motor. Had CEL 10 & 14 but the car still idled fine and drove great all motor. So I decided to boost it. So I added all the necessary parts including a walbro 255 fuel pump. That was the only thing I added besides the turbo stuff, and injectors. I got a chip just so I could drive it to the tuner.

Now to the problem....

The car runs like dog turds. I can't give it more than a TINY bit of throttle. Not even enough to get the car up to speed fast enough to feel safe driving it on the main road. If I give it more than that it breaks up and won't go above about 4k rpm. It idles good enough and doesn't die or anything. I pulled the plugs and they were white as hell. So it's running lean right? So I put some bigger injectors in and now it's running pig rich but still doing the same exact sputtering/bog as with the smaller injectors.

I have ZERO vacuum leaks. And like I said above I have the 10 & 14 CEL. Had them when it was all-motor and it ran perfect.

I know getting it tuned will probably fix it but just wondering if it could be something else. I'm on a tight budget and was not wanting to spend money to tow it 2hrs to the tuner. I had no plans of hitting boost until after a tune, just wanted to be able to drive it there.

Any and all help is appreciated!!
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