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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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Car boosting slow, loss of power

I took the car our for a drive today and noticed the car was very sluggish. So I mashed the throttle and noticed I was not hitting full boost. I am tuned for 22psi and even by 7k rpms I had only hit around 14. I have no CEL's on and everything seems to be intact under the hood. If it matters, I have a Greddy EBC. TIA.

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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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check the snorkle on your intake
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by aryder
check the snorkle on your intake
I have the HKS intake.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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Dude, the weather is so insane these days, it might be something to do with that... dunno. I am really enjoying the giant donuts in parking lots though, haha
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Kordyte
Dude, the weather is so insane these days, it might be something to do with that... dunno. I am really enjoying the giant donuts in parking lots though, haha
I have never had this issue before, regardless of weather.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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I'd guess boost leak, but you'd probably know better than me
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Kordyte
Dude, the weather is so insane these days, it might be something to do with that... dunno. I am really enjoying the giant donuts in parking lots though, haha
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MTRJunior
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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33 degrees is far from being insane. If you would've told me that when it was -15, I might have agreed with you. Any other ideas?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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boost leak is very probable
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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check all your hoses. I know several people (myself included) whose stock intercooler hoses split... I couln't develope much boost either...
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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check your BOV maybe
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Just checked for boost leaks, none present. I was suggested that my WG could be stuck or need adjusting....possible cause?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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My car suffered the same issue a few days ago. Going in for a boost leak check tomorrow and hopefully that is the problem (crossing fingers).
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Spikedlee
My car suffered the same issue a few days ago. Going in for a boost leak check tomorrow and hopefully that is the problem (crossing fingers).
LMK what you find out.
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