Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:18:04 -0400 From: Bill Bradley <senatornopsamAMsgi.net> Subject: Re: turbo question
Grunff wrote: > > Bill Bradley wrote: > > > That would be my first suspicious as well. > > > > If that doesn't pan out, check to see that the wastegate rod is still connected (yes, they can some off...especially if > > someone forgot to replace the wire that keeps it from sliding off when they adjusted it.... not thast I would know > > anything about that from personal experience.) > > > > Bill > > While it's true that the wastegate rod can come off, for exactly > the reason you describe, if and when it does come off, it > results in uncontrolled boost, not no boost. > > The wastegate rod pushes the wastegate open. If the wastegate > stays shut, you get lots of boost. No, if the rod comes off nothing is _closing_ the wastegate, so it swings completely open at any amount of exhaust pressure. Bill
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