Wastegate problems. . . Any thoughts
Phil Payne
quattro at isham-research.com
Sun Oct 7 09:03:15 EDT 2001
> Here is the problem; my wastegate is allowing 6psi of guage pressure and
> then it opens and dumps. This only happens at full throttle when I reach
the
> 6psi so around 4K rpm I can watch the guage instantly drop from 6psi into
> vacuum. Right now the WG is connected only to the exhaust manifold, I
> unhooked the connection from the side of the WG which was connected to the
IM
> but that made no difference. Is this a diaphragm issue or???? The car
> will pull really well up to the rev limit as long as I keep it below the
6psi
> dump threshold but it sure would be nice to have 6psi at least up to the
rev
> limit.
Inlet air temperature sender? On top of the inlet manifold - check good
connections and 11 to 31 ohms at rest.
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Phil Payne
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+44 7785 302 803
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