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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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take a gander at ur spark plugs since the information were getting isnt good enough
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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How many miles are on the car? What maintenance has been done? Spark plugs changed?
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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no gauge to monitor the boost... and i dont get full power
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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spark plugs have been changed about 1000 miles ago the car has 44 thousand miles the last oile change was done about 30 miles ago i used full synthetic royal purple with a knn oil filter spark plugs r ngk laser iridiums.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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im going with the spark plugs then... my car doesnt like "special" plugs...
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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First upgrade on Evos should always be a boost gauge. That little thing can tell you many things.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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this is the third time i use the lasers never had a problem
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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its funny how things work that way.. I had my plugs gapped at .026 for 2 years, now she wont run unless they're at .022
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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things do change ima go check that out
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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so wat might of caused the light to come on and giving me a code p0236(overboost)
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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not sure, u need to do a few things to narrow it down... i tried a set of iridium plugs one time and my car acted crazy, i had 3 codes pop up but i knew they were from the plugs and just erased the codes..
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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i tried to narrow it down but i keep on coming up with the same thing rather the air filter or the maf sen
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:03 AM
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That sounds ALOT like plugs to me. From what your trying to say is that the car is bucking when you go WOT?
When I changed my plugs I tried those ****ty *** iridium plugs since that was what was in the car when I picked it up. Was doing the same thing your explaining so I picked up a set of BPR7ES's, problem solved.

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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 04:48 AM
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Ok you got an overboost code, you heard a little explosion, and your car doesn't hit boost now? I would bet my next mod on you blew a coupler or IC pipe OR you blew one of the lines that goes to any of the many other items that need boost/vacuum reference. Do a boost leak test. if you don't have a boost leak tester, PM me and I'll send you one. Search on here for how to do a proper boost leak test from the turbo inlet, not the charge pipes.

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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 05:42 AM
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I agree. It sounds like a boost related pipe issue to me.
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