low boost

[turblio]

any one help my mate out he is looking for somewhere
to check out his R it does not boost more than 10psi where it normally goes to 16psi he has checked hoses etc etc to no avail
ideas ?
Frank

quote:Mines not white its Ivory

 

[AJ4]

Could be the tubby thats gone ? or in limp home mode or something ?

Whereabouts are you Frank, if I remember right its up London way ? Just find someone with a seperate mechanical boost guage to plump in and check the pressure properly, or any kinda of 'specialist' performance garage. I'd offer to help but I'm down in Portsmouth, a bit too far away []

'average length member' ? Hmm..thats what my missus says...

 

[GTIR-LOZ]

how is he boosting it to 16psi, through boost controller or bleed valve type setup?


Loz

 

[turblio]

Ta Ross,
yep near london unfortunatly! he is using a bleed valve he opened it up a bit and it went 14psi then dropped back[]
so who knows
Frank

quote:Mines not white its Ivory

 

[AJ4]

Could be the bleed valve is knacked or blocked or something and the actuator is seeing full manifold pressure all the time ?

Try the old trusted technique of diconnecting the actuator pipe and seeing it boost up to 1.5 bar [] Should be okay as long as he backs off at around 1 bar, try it on a motorway in 5th gear, quite easy to control boost using the throttle.

At least that will tell you if it is a tubby problem or a boost control / bleedvalve problem.

'average length member' ? Hmm..thats what my missus says...