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Are the pills in the Wastegate and Precontrol the same circumference?

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Old 06-24-02, 11:47 PM
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Are the pills in the Wastegate and Precontrol the same circumference?
Are the pills in the Wastegate and Precontrol the same circumference? And if I do the home depot dealwill it solve my 8 - 5 - 8 boost pattern? Is the pill a possiblity?
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Old 06-25-02, 12:41 AM
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NO, not the same size.
They are probably not the same size. Was you r car ever at a 10-8-10 pattern?
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I had a simillar problem I just did the Non-sequential mod and I get a nice 10 psi. my pattern before the mod was 8-5-5.
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The pills are not the same size if stock ,changing sizes will change the pattern , but if all is stock something else may be wrong
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Does anyone know if I swapped them by accident (wastegate and precontrol) when I had the turbos rebuilt would I get the low boost 8 - 5 - 8?
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the funny thing is that I don't even see any pills in the precontrol line when I took mine off...???!!!
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remember that latter model turbos had the small orfice built into the nipple that the hose goes on , look and see. I do not know when this started.
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anyone have any pics or can you describe where to find the pills?
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Originally posted by BestKeptSecret
anyone have any pics or can you describe where to find the pills?
Pills are inside hoses. See pic above. You such be able to feel them inside these hoses.

I found this out after I had replaced my hose with silcone hoses.
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Make sure you replace them with 6mm hoses if you change them.
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