hey, alright it all started a couple of nights ago when my friends and i were messing around racing and being stupid. the next day i noticed my coolant temps on my gauge were higher than normal so i had my uncle order me a new thermostat. today i installed it. i pulled the hot side of the intercooler piping off and took the 3 bolts out of the housing. took the old t-stat out and put the new in, bolted everything up. perfect started it up, apexi boost gauge showed 14 in hg (thats normal). first weird thing was the stock coolant gauge got to the middle before my cyberdyne digital got to 73 deg. car sounds normal to me also, rpms seemed to be normal, i thought nothing of it id say about 800 -750. i take the car out once the temp gets to 169, now i see that the gauge climing, alittle unusual, i start driving and the temp stays around 200, better than before i usually saw 188-198. i get on it in and noticed that i had NO power at all. tried again and this time looked at the boost gauge, i jsut made it to 0 psi. tried in 2nd 3rd and 4th gear and the same, 0 psi.

map sensor is hooked up, intercooler piping is hooked up, all vacuum hoses are good, turbo is still spinning when the car is at idle, no leaks, dark out so i really couldnt see the exhaust but i was smelling it and it didtn smell different, still rich.

i have no idea why the car isnt boosting.

im hoping that the power fc is just having a bad day, so i disconected the battery and ill leave it off for the night. in the morning ill hook it back up and try it again.

till then any ideas?

thanks guys
brandon

 

Hey I had the same problem when I had accitdently switched my plugs, after I corrected my problem I reset the computer. I don't know if that'll help. But look everything over again and make sure it is all ok. computer might be in safe mode. (there for a reason)

 

correctly in the housing? if it didnt sit properly could that hurt anything?

anyway back to why i cant boost. it was boosting fine yesterday, and i didnt drive it today because it rained this morning so...crossing my fingers with the computer in safe mode..

 

Make sure you dont have any leaks coming from your intercooler piping, it prob has somthing to do with what you took off and then re-installed, check over your work and make sure everything is clamped down tight. Thats all i can think of. Good luck

 

hey thanks for your help...i fixed the problem, i had made an intake filter for the car with aluminum gutter gaurd adn and 2 strips of a t shirt, with that on the turbo the air wasnt passing through the filter. once it was off and the K&N was back on i was boosting fine again. thanks for your help

brandon