Car is bogging down, have no power at all past 3500 or at any positive boost level |
Car is bogging down, have no power at all past 3500 or at any positive boost level |
May 26, 2007 - 1:23 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 13, '06 From UnderTheGround403 Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Took the vert out today, after firing it up for the first time last night, and am having some problems. I'm not sure wether it is rpm related or boost related, but at 3500-4000 rpm the car will bog down and not have ANY power what so ever, but the car also bogs down when the boost (gauge) goes positive. Since boost starts to kick in around 3500-4000 rpm i'm not sure which it is. Even when I downshift, I still cannot get the car past 3500 rpm. I can get going, but either need to keep under 3500 or under positive boost levels. The car drives fine until either of those points.
When i'm idleing I can get the car up to redline with no problems, but once I let off the gas, the rpm's shoot waay down, enough to stall it out. If I rev it then get off the gas slowly the car will idle fine at 1500 rpm (i need to adjust the tb, so thats why its idleing high..) Could a vacuum line cause this. I had a bunch of things off over the winter, and could have possibly forgotten to reconnect one. Anything I can do to see wether it is rpm related or boost related? Help? Thanks |
May 27, 2007 - 3:23 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 13, '06 From UnderTheGround403 Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Well I found my leak. (I hope...) One of the nuts for my bov flange came off, and made it loose. I didn't notice it at first because it was on the underside of the bov, and when I quickly checked it on the side of the road, it still seemed tight and secure. After the drive home, i noticed it was loose, and because the bov is so close to my tb I'm guessing thats how the small leak made such a big difference.
I threw a ziptie through the flange hole and tightened it down, took it for a spin, and it seemed to have cleared things up. When I cut the ziptie off, and loosened the bov, the problem came back. Off to find another bolt/nut/set of washers tomorrow to secure it properly, and I guess we'll see if that was it for sure. Thanks for all the help guys! |
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