I have boost creep it cuts in at 3rd gear its becoming a real pain in the ass. Can anyone of you boosters tall me what should i start to look for? I keep spiking a good 105-10 psi of what good thing my boost option cuts it before it does any damage.
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suffering from boost creep
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could be lots of things...a leak in you vacuum line. a crack in your turbo, or a hole in you exhaust. or a problem with your wastegate. Creep is fairly difficult to diagnose
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Originally posted by WeDgEExternal wastegate...
Thought you knew all about turboing? You should know how to battle boost creep...To have loved and lost is better than to have never loved at all #CB7Life
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Whats the current wastegate setup look like? Is it an external or internal, what size is the valve, and is it open dump tube or is it being routed back into the exhaust piping?
From what little i know of your setup a 38mm external wastegate probably wouldn't work. You'd need something more into the 40-44mm size.Knowledge is power...in EVERY sense of the word
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Yeah its already fixed i know about boost creep im just tryin to make sure. There was no vacuum leak thankyou very much. And yes I am the very epitimy of turbo you see its liek this when your pushing alot of power that the car wasnt made for shit happens and is slightly harder to diagnose yaknow.Its just a plain open jump btw i like things simple when it comes to shit like this
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so are you gonna tell us what the problem is in case someone else has the same problem in the future?
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Well i rechecked the wastegate for one the top portion of it the screw on top was loose i torqued it back down then i checked all my hoses. My hoses where in good shape no leaks. So then i said fuck it and looked around the manifold no cracks or anything i made sure that all the bolts where tightend down.
Then i decided to take the wastegate off there was carbon build up which didnt allow it to close causing the spring inside to jam overtime. Just be sure to check everyone. Mine is an external tial 38mm wastegate its not internal like the turbos that come with internal wastegates. BUt it doesnt hurt to check
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