I am having a strange problem. I was driving and I hit a bit of rough road which jarred my car a bit and then I lost all power. The car really wouldn't accelerate and running really rich , backfiring. I immediately though an intercooler hose came loose. I pulled over and shut it off. I came back later expecting to fix a intercooler hose. I looked and none seemed loose. I started the car and it started right up fine. It was idling completely normal, I could rev the car fine all the way to redline. I put it gear, but as soon as I try to accerate it bogs down and goes really rich, backfires and won't really go. I push in the clutch and rev and it sounds fine again. I drove it and i managed to get into 2nd and all seemed fine at low speeds, until I came top a stop. I started to accelerate again and back to the super rich condition, backfiring, just putting along. If it was an intercooler hose it should run like that even when idling I thought. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Definitely seems like a boost leak of some kind... I would do a boost leak test anyway just to see.

 

u tuned correctly for your Duel Vent BOV? Maybe thats why u're running rich.

 

I would need to be able to sputter along faster than 2-3 MPH for it to be a boost issue. Builds boost fine reving in neutral.

 

I have had that happen and it was a blown off intercooler pipe.

It was sitting on the pipe still, so it would only leak under pressure.

 

I really hope thats it. It certainly acts like thats whats wrong except for the perfectly fine idle. Hopefully in the light it will make more sense.

 

The same thing happened to me and it was a blown off hose from my uicp

 

Fixed.. it was the frickin' coupler between the BOV and UICP.