winter boost prob
winter boost prob
hey everyone
just recently noticed that my car's not boosting like normal..the weather's been like in the 40s and even though we had a brief cold spell in december, never had probs w/ my boost...until now...in lower gears (1-3) my boost guage goes only up to 5 then on 4-5th gear i can go up to 10-12 (which i normally would get WOT gears 1-5) but that's after really pressing the pedal to the metal - and even then it doesn't hold boost that well...i'm really pissed cuz i usually granny drive this thing and boost maybe twice a trip (it's my dd) i'm at 28gs in milage and was going to wait for a month or so to change out my fluids...tranny fluids, tcase, diff fluids, coolant - which one of these if not all of these fluids would influence this problem the most? i was always conerned about boost leak, so ordered a tester and waiting for it to come in the mail...other than boost leak, what else can i check for? btw i have a hallman's mbc - also, would an ebc fair better and hold boost better? sucks - feels like i'm driving a regular lance
just recently noticed that my car's not boosting like normal..the weather's been like in the 40s and even though we had a brief cold spell in december, never had probs w/ my boost...until now...in lower gears (1-3) my boost guage goes only up to 5 then on 4-5th gear i can go up to 10-12 (which i normally would get WOT gears 1-5) but that's after really pressing the pedal to the metal - and even then it doesn't hold boost that well...i'm really pissed cuz i usually granny drive this thing and boost maybe twice a trip (it's my dd) i'm at 28gs in milage and was going to wait for a month or so to change out my fluids...tranny fluids, tcase, diff fluids, coolant - which one of these if not all of these fluids would influence this problem the most? i was always conerned about boost leak, so ordered a tester and waiting for it to come in the mail...other than boost leak, what else can i check for? btw i have a hallman's mbc - also, would an ebc fair better and hold boost better? sucks - feels like i'm driving a regular lance
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My car has the same problem in the cold temperatures in Minnesota. The average temps nowadays here is in the 20's F. I did a search in the forums and found out the ECU is programmed for a safety feature. When the engine is cold, boost is restricted until the engine is warmed up to protect the engine. So after driving my car for 15 minutes, I can floor it and have no problems. Does your car still not boost after driving for a while? Good luck with the resolution.
ok now i put my car back to stock and it seems that i may have replaced my lines wrong - when i start my car, it stutters a bit and during gears 1-4 it seems like i have some kind of boost-limiter thing going b/c my car stutters past 5 psi...what did do wrong?
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Last edited by akemi27; Jan 25, 2006 at 10:49 AM.
Originally Posted by WHTEVO
Your problem with trying to run the lines like stock is that you don't have the restrictor pills in the lines. This will cause a significantly lower boost level. Good luck.
yeah, i was talking to warr about this as well as a few others...so far, from those sources, i should be able to boost at least 11psi w/o the pill restrictors, so i put an order for the set and just waiting on that now...until then, i'm just gonna drive my 'lancer' and be happy! been a rough '06 so far: rear end got hit, now turbo probs...warranty's up - what's next? oh, if the stock lines don't help was pondering on seeing ams to remedy the prob...do you local guys recommend anyone else?
thx for the replies
put the oem lines back on, now boosting like normal...dusted off the boost needle nicely...case closed 
