churbo

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After I got my tune I was heading back home and me and another evo lined up on the instate for a few pulls. First one the evo ran great spiked up to about 23psi and I pulled away...we go a little ways and line it up again and my evo acts like it doesn't want to go past 5k and the SES starts flashing. I shift to nuetral and coast to a stop and turn the car off. I popped the hood and my headers are glowing bright orange....really bright. I start it back up and let it cool off and the light stops flashing. I turned my boost back down to like 20 psi and drove the rest of the way home babying her. I figured that my old BOV wasn't holding the boost and I had my boost controller turned up to high.

Fast forward to yesterday. I installed my IX BOV and turned her up to 24 psi. Felt awesome spooling up, even made the tires break loose when I was taking a curve....it was awesome. I pull off from a light heading slighly up hill and get on it and go thru 1st 2nd and 3rd and then shift to fourth and let off. I look down and SES is flashing again. I pulled over and let her run until the light stopped flashing then continued on the rest of the day at 22lbs with no issues....

So why the flashing light? I was thinking of doing a boost leak test, maybe I have a small leak somewhere and I'm hitting the right PSI because I have it turned up so much? I'm kind of lost here

pls1968

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The flashing SES light is usually telling you that your engine is knocking. Tuners will sometimes tune your car this way to show you knock.

grillpt

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Your car is running lean if your seeing that much heat in your manifold. Yes, that SES light flashing is doing so because of a high knock count. Contact your tuner ASAP and tell him whats going on, you need a retune. I wouldn't go WOT until you get that sorted, not unless you want to put a new motor in your car.

churbo

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Thanks for the replies. I have been babying her but now I really am going to. Thanks for the quick replies fellas!