wastegate solenoid nipple broke-now FUEL CUT&OVERBOOST HELP!!

joosdawg · #1 04-17-2005, 06:55 PM

ok so i went to do the ol bcs restrictor removal with a screw and wound up braking a nippe off the the stupid solenoid. see...

so i went ahead and took the two vaccum lines that were attached to the solenoid and put them together like this if you can see... i just used the broken off nipple which prolly leaks badly which may be causing my situation

needless to say, i took it for a spin and holy $hit! first off the boost skyrocketed 20+ psi and fuel cut hit when i tried flooring it in 2nd gear after the tires let loose. i have no boost controller or basically anything else just an intake thats it. so is having those two vaccum lines connected with the broken off nipple a bad idea? should i just run a line from the wastegate actuator to the nipple on the compressor housing? or would that make me hella overboost also? i dont understand why it is doing this and i dont want to buy a new wastegate solenoid cause there like $60 that i dont have. would getting a manual boost controller help this situation? thanks for any help -Ryan

97GSTspyder · #2 04-17-2005, 07:07 PM

i broke the nipple off of mine once....had my dad take it in to work and the threaded a nipple into it, worked great....you can try doing the same. find a nipple small enough (probably try lowe's or somewhere) and get it in there. or just make a home made boost controller

scottsee · #3 04-17-2005, 07:12 PM

you know, now would be a great time to install a manual boost controler!

UnrelentingPain3 · #4 04-17-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scottsee

you know, now would be a great time to install a manual boost controler!

i agree

joosdawg · #5 04-17-2005, 08:51 PM

i wont have money enough to get a boost controller til like the 6th of may so i dont know about that, im thinking i need to change a line here from the turbo compressor side to the WG actuator so theres no leak and it bypasses the crap connection i have insted of the solenoid. any comments on what i can do to prevent overboost?

clipsekid99 · #6 04-17-2005, 08:57 PM

Get a Dejon tool MBC. They are like $50, or you could make your own.

sganc4life_4 · #7 04-17-2005, 08:59 PM

go search manual boost controller on ebay, their liek 15$ shipped

joosdawg · #8 04-17-2005, 09:12 PM

well i wanna make sure that if i get a manual boost controller that its not gonna be a stupid fish tank one or somthing thats not very steady like some of the ebay ones. i just dont want to spike to like 25psi then back down to 15 or somthing ya know? i think dejon or turbo xs or somthing but i want to stay close to $50

Shpyder · #9 04-17-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by joosdawg

well i wanna make sure that if i get a manual boost controller that its not gonna be a stupid fish tank one or somthing thats not very steady like some of the ebay ones. i just dont want to spike to like 25psi then back down to 15 or somthing ya know? i think dejon or turbo xs or somthing but i want to stay close to $50

I've had my JoeP MBC for a year now. Spikes aren't bad at all, and works like a charm. $45 shipped with all required accessories when I got it...

joosdawg · #10 04-17-2005, 11:18 PM

nice price, well i got it fixed down to stock pressure at least i just ran the vaccum line from the compressor side of the turbo directly to the WG actuator and it worked like a charm. no more overboost. heres what it looks like now

seems real slow but o well gets me by until friday when i can order my MBC

JoeWagon · #11 04-18-2005, 12:14 AM

Seems? Do you have a boost gauge? It should run 7psi, but you did the right thing. If you can not floor it all the time, there wouldn't be a problem... this way you won't break anything.

CBURKE · #12 04-18-2005, 09:38 AM

i hooked my up that way and i am still at 15lbs. Mybe it's my head work or the fact I have a 3'' down pippe.

96spyderman · #13 04-18-2005, 05:17 PM

I have a MBC that I got off of ebay about a year and a half ago that I will give to you if you want...paypal me like $1 for shipping...lol nah J/K just let me know and i'll send it to ya...
Just a warning... I have never installed it so I don't know it's quality....I never had a boost guage to tune it in when I got it and when I did get a boost guage I kinda had forgot about it and had some other issues to deal with at the time... but anyways if ya want it let me know...

milton666 · #14 04-18-2005, 05:26 PM

wow...how cool is that? you dont even know this guy (i presume) and your just gonna give him the part he needs? and not just that but ship it as well??

makes me proud to be part of the dsm community

96spyderman · #15 04-18-2005, 06:03 PM

Yeah..well..ya know... it's kinda along the lines of KARMA...That and I have a greddy profec b spec II EBC goin in my new talon.. he he he
What's a $1 for shipping anyways.... unless he lives in russia or somethin....lol
I can't even start to think how many times y'all have helped me out with stuff !!!! just passin on the help!!!!

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