Seconday Turbo Low Boosting Problems ? Check Here
Hey guys, after driving around last night, I was noticing my boost was going 10-8-0. I would just all of a sudden after the transition (4,500 RPMs) my boost would just go down on a steady pace. Now, at first I thought oh god I need new turbos, however after Jio informed me it's most likely a solenoid or a hose, I looked into my Y pipe and everything was completly clean absolutly no oil. Im not worried about this anymore now.
The solution to my problem, for the most part, was due to a vaccum line that had split, and to a really shitty CRV pipe. Now keep in mind, my motor is 5k miles old and the hoses were all replaced with silicone and zip tied down. How could a hose pop off or cause problems within so few miles ? Easy, our cars suck. After taking apart the car, and pulling the CRV hose, i noticed many cracks in it as well as a huge peice just falling apart in my hands as in this picture.
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In addition to this problem, the vac line directly behind to the left of the CRV hose was split right thru. I repaired the damage like so ..
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I also added a secondary saftey by zip tieing the vac line lightly to the metal loop as to keep it away from the hot Y pipe of the turbos, which might have been the cause in the first place like so ...
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heres another pic of the shitty CRV hose...
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I hope this thread can keep someone elses RX7 on the road in the future. Not all the problems are always super hard to keep, and just because a car was done right, doesn't mean something wont break in 5k miles !
The solution to my problem, for the most part, was due to a vaccum line that had split, and to a really shitty CRV pipe. Now keep in mind, my motor is 5k miles old and the hoses were all replaced with silicone and zip tied down. How could a hose pop off or cause problems within so few miles ? Easy, our cars suck. After taking apart the car, and pulling the CRV hose, i noticed many cracks in it as well as a huge peice just falling apart in my hands as in this picture.
[attachment=30701:attachment]
In addition to this problem, the vac line directly behind to the left of the CRV hose was split right thru. I repaired the damage like so ..
[attachment=30702:attachment]
I also added a secondary saftey by zip tieing the vac line lightly to the metal loop as to keep it away from the hot Y pipe of the turbos, which might have been the cause in the first place like so ...
[attachment=30703:attachment]
heres another pic of the shitty CRV hose...
[attachment=30704:attachment]
I hope this thread can keep someone elses RX7 on the road in the future. Not all the problems are always super hard to keep, and just because a car was done right, doesn't mean something wont break in 5k miles !
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Just to let you know, your silicone may have split due to the zip tie. I had my silicone zip tied also but took them all off. The ties left little cuts in a couple of my hoses. The silicone was just to soft for the edges of the ties.
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