86 944 turbo boost issues
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86 944 turbo boost issues
So I drove my stock 86 turbo 1200 miles from IN to CO. It got extremely hot from the trip and with about 100 miles to go I had a sudden loss of boost pressure/"pull" while flooring it in third to pass someone.
Currently the whole car seems much slower in low RPM's. It takes about 10 seconds for any boost to build while flooring it in first gear (could be the altitude though). Once reaching 3000 rpm it quickly builds boost like normal (and sounds normal) but then quickly stops at about 1 bar and never gains anymore boost. I seem to recall it going past 2 bar (on the OEM gauge BTW) before.
I had planned on doing a lindsey racing 300 kit after the trip anyways but I would hate to still have this problem after all the new parts.
Could I get some help as to how to try and start diagnosing this? I didn't quite understand what was being talked about in threads I searched with similar issues so I thought it would be better to start my own thread.
Currently the whole car seems much slower in low RPM's. It takes about 10 seconds for any boost to build while flooring it in first gear (could be the altitude though). Once reaching 3000 rpm it quickly builds boost like normal (and sounds normal) but then quickly stops at about 1 bar and never gains anymore boost. I seem to recall it going past 2 bar (on the OEM gauge BTW) before.
I had planned on doing a lindsey racing 300 kit after the trip anyways but I would hate to still have this problem after all the new parts.
Could I get some help as to how to try and start diagnosing this? I didn't quite understand what was being talked about in threads I searched with similar issues so I thought it would be better to start my own thread.
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Anyway, one winter I had this odd problem of boost suddenly cutting out (ie. dropping to 1 bar on dash guage which is effectively no boost). It also did this if the engine was wet like after a hose down.
I changed the distributor cap and haven't had the same symptom since
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Hmm.. I've taken my 951 on long trips and never had it radically change temperature by the end. This doesn't sound right. How do you know it got extremely hot? Did the temp needle suddenly show a higher than usual reading?
Anyway, one winter I had this odd problem of boost suddenly cutting out (ie. dropping to 1 bar on dash guage which is effectively no boost). It also did this if the engine was wet like after a hose down.
I changed the distributor cap and haven't had the same symptom since
Anyway, one winter I had this odd problem of boost suddenly cutting out (ie. dropping to 1 bar on dash guage which is effectively no boost). It also did this if the engine was wet like after a hose down.
I changed the distributor cap and haven't had the same symptom since
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Cycling Valve, or sometime parts companies call it the timed valve... Vice Grip the Wastegate hose. If you get all sorts of boost with the vice grips odds are the cycling valve just failed...