Hello, Everyone

First, thank you for all your thoughts.

As part of routinely changing the oil yesterday (Monday), I decided to try out a few of the usggesitons you sent me regarding my 96 Aero.

First, I pulled the new plugs I put in three weeks ago and checked them. Still OK, although I did notice some oil around the threads of them (and I am not sure I've seen this before). Cleaned and put them back in, reinstalled same DI I have been using.

Next, the turbo unit. I brought up the spare remanufactured unit I have just to compare the alignment/spin of the turbo blades and the tension of the wastegate. I sprayed Power Blaster on all the moving parts of the wastegate on the car and gave it a good series of tugs: It does not seem to be sticking, and it appears to take as much of a pull to move it as it does on the remanufactured unit. Next, I pulled the plastic bellows away and took a look at the turbo blades. I gave them a spin--clear, no problems--and pulled on the unit itself: It seems just as tight and as well-aligned as my remanufactured unit (which has 60K on it).

Took the car out for a spin with the new oil. A slight improvement, but only slight (and maybe this is my hopeful imagination). Still getting boost into mid-yellow but car holds back from going further--but, this time, at least no fuel cut-off when I punched it. Car seems sluggish compared to that first drive after the techron and new plugs--at that time, I could go into the red zone briefly, and the boost was more powerful.

What does techron do? Does it boost octane, hence maybe "helping" a weak DI unit recover lost youth? I am wondering if my DI is just getting old and weakened, as was suggested. I have not pulled off the wastegate hose to do a check on the BPC, but my guess would be that I will not notice a difference, as previously.

So, there you have it, friends. The latest.

Any further thoughts greatly appeciated!



Thanks,

Todd

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• Erratic Turbo Boost 96 Aero, Todd Allen, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:17:53
  • Re: Erratic Turbo Boost 96 Aero--Update from Todd Allen, Todd Allen, Tue, 2 Apr 2013 05:34:24 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Update from Todd Allen, dref, Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:16:31
    • Re: Update from Todd Allen, Noel, Tue, 2 Apr 2013 06:09:28
      • Re: Update from Todd Allen, Todd Allen, Tue, 2 Apr 2013 06:50:30
        • Newton Systems, Bill Homer , Tue, 2 Apr 2013 07:41:10
          • Yep, that's it., Noel, Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:25:29
  • Re: Erratic Turbo Boost 96 Aero, Simon S, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:39:16
  • Sticky wastegate?, Noel, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:43:55
    • Re: Sticky wastegate?, Todd Allen, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:22:23
      • Re: The wastegate disk gets stuck open sometimes..., Street, Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:43:40
  • tricky diagnosis, dref, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:48:38
    • Re: tricky diagnosis, Todd Allen, Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:05:34
  • If no check engine light, Montana Tom , Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:43:11

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