[s-cars] Air leak or turbo whoosh?

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

John-
Which hose is this?  The one that connects to the
intercooler?  I'm getting a huge whoosh and little
boost.  Lots of vacuum, from what I can tell without a
boost gauge.

--- John Petersen <pete3633 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Check the hose under the intake manifold, it is
> prone to cracking and when
> it does so will generate a large woosh sound under
> boost. It may also cause
> some oil spray on the intake side of the engine. The
> hose is a sideways T
> which goes from wide to narrow or vice-versa. I have
> found this to be a
> problem on several S-cars.
>
> John '92 S4, T04E 50 trim
>
> At 09:58 AM 5/29/2002 -0400, Elijahallen92 at aol.com
> wrote:
> >  I had pretty much ruled out any air leaks in the
> system but in my search for
> >more power am back to thinking there is way to much
> outside noise under
> >boost. I have all the samco hoses and an upgraded
> MAF to turbo hose with
> >heavy duty clamps so I am positive those are not
> leaking. I even have a
> >second set of samco in case of emergency hoses that
> I put on just to make
> >sure I wasn't missing something. Does anyone else
> with a BIG turbo get a loud
> >whooshing under boost? With the windows up it is
> loud. With the windows down
> >it sounds like it is coming from the intercooler
> but that may be just because
> >I am sitting right there. When I first bought the
> car it had a small hole in
> >the turbo down hose and the car would have
> hesitations and sometimes even
> >overboost but with this the only hesitation is
> trying to get the big turbo
> >spooled up and after that it pulls strong. I guess
> my question is does anyone
> >else have the loud air flow with a big turbo?
> Thanks for any help.
> >I used to live in Steamboat Springs Co. but that
> was before I had a s-car,
> >now I wish I still lived there. Not much going on
> over here in Michigan as
> >far as tuners who even have herd of a s-car.
> >
> >  Elijah
> >   S-4
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