Stuck Wastegate?
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Stuck Wastegate?
I have a 87 T2 and the other day i was courius about my pre-cat so i took it off and i was not to suprised it was clogged and melted a little. I gutted it out and put it back on(I already gutted the main a month ago).OHH my gad i never new the car had so much power. I beat my friends 98 Prelude Type SH with a cold air intake. Ill i have now is a cut-out intake lid and gutted cats and i can touch the first long bar (at the +40) on the boost gage. I do belive i hit the fuel cut-off once in third on the Freeway but only once. Well to get of my excitement and back to the question. When i took off my cat i spun the turbo wheel, it turned easy without a noise+++. Then i tried to move the waste gate and with all my strength i coulnt get and part of it to move. I belive it is stuck closed. If it was what would be the bad part about it if any?. I have done alot of work to this car Grounds,exhaust, intake gasket, sensors,ignition, tuneing. And it runs great now but i get crap for gas 15mpg tops. What else is there to tune up?
Ken
P.S. It runs a little crappy cold but no that bad. It only smokes a puff when you start it cold or if run run it hard cold.
Ken
P.S. It runs a little crappy cold but no that bad. It only smokes a puff when you start it cold or if run run it hard cold.
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