preload has been played with over and over, running hybrid. I have ran it strictly on WG pressure and spool is the same...

 

Have you checked the compression recently?

 

shouldnt you talk with tom instead of waiting to someone to help you...?

i think he will help you to figure out what is the issue...

Michael.

 

I have talked to Tom, he is a busy man and he did help me but when the issue persisted he got frustrated. As did I and im tryin to work through it. Can anyone refer me to a good how to on checking timing marks and procedure?

 

Last time I checked, that's what I forum is for ........ to help ppl! Also incase someone else has a issue, this will help other ppl troubleshoot.

 

Thank you GO LANCER, Tom is/was helpful but at this point its my problem to solve

 

no problem and ya he's totally helpful but again, he can only do so much when hes slammed (one man band business) and far away from you.

 

my only suggestion was maybe your 3 port wasn't plugged in or hooked up wrong because I did a fail like that recently, it was unplugged lol. Plugged it in and it was like "spooooooooooooool"

 

i thought that at one point so i hooked the WG directly to the turbo... no change

 

Have you tried a different WGA ? and is the flapper sealing correctly ?

 

so doin a boost leak test with the BRAND NEW turbo it seems its leaking at the compressor cover, as if the big c-clip isn't seated correctly... so does this mean I have to remove the whole assembly or is it possible to just slip the turbo away from the hotside? If it wasn't for bad luck...

 

yeah, compressor leaks will cause that slow spool. the ef3 still under warranty? did you contact map?

 

yes I contacted them but it was 5pm on a Friday with a long weekend bc of labor day, so I doubt I hear anything til Tues. Turbo is def still under warranty ive had it a week, but if its just that clip I can reseat that myself but I was wondering if I had to pull the whole assembly.

 

you mean as in leaving it on the manifold? i think you can do that if it is just the clip. but, maybe you might want to just remove the whole assy just to take a 3rd, 4th or 5th lookover, whichever you are on haha. hope it spools well and pulls hard when its fixed. keep us posted.

 

Hey brother I think it was mentioned but I wanted to also shed light with this.

I had the "exact" problem with me ef3 a while ago I wouldn't make boost till 5500 rpm.. I ended up talking to Nate at map he had me send it in and turned out I bent a pin in the comp housing which caused me to lose preload. They fixed it under warrenty sent it back and now after 30k miles still running strong and doing work spools much much better now.

Hope that helps I'll try and find the emails between Nate and I for more info on what happened. Hope this helps brother