Recent content by Milanodan

Turbo is back on and making full boost. We found a big hole in the mech. gage line I had run thru the firewall--soft silicon rubber tubing. Real clever of me! That's why I wasn't getting the boost on the mech. gage. So now the factory gage is reading again, except it stays pinned all the...

Yup, these cars have vac. lines all over the place. I didn't mean to imply that a small vac. line could cause the loss of all that boost. Just seems strange that at the same time the boost was lost, the stock gage quit too. Idling w/o boost it should be pegged all the way down, but it just...

Thanks. All the wiring and vac. tube associated with it appear to be OK, but the sender is right where the "mechanic" was working. I still don't understand what is making the hissing noise.

Right after the starter replacement, I noticed the stock boost gage wasn't working, and I also could hear a new sound when idling--a hissing noise right behind the factory gage. I then teed a small tube into one of the vac. lines behind the drivers side of the engine (rear), ran it thru the...

This repair shop is a small pretty non-tech. place--mostly a tire and small repair shop. I just got lazy (hell, I'm 68 years old) and thought they could do something simple like a starter motor--which IS hard to get to. So no way am I going back there. Just got off the phone with the Texas...

Did some more checking and it appears the radial play in the shaft is more than I first thought. Also found a small, tight crack in the exhaust casting right where the waste gate seals, but it's not big enough to flow any exhaust. The waste gate itself appears fine, including the flat seal...

Thanks for the replies! I sure hope the turbo is OK. Yes, I now know the young mech. is a clown--what I didn't know is that he would be the one working on the car. Given the large amount of airflow out of a good turbo, I'd think any air leak would have to be pretty big to lose ~8 psi, right...

This is what I get for being lazy. Needed a starter for my '90 turbo. Normally I would do this job myself, but I got lazy and took the car to a small local shop. They have done good brake work for me before, but this time it's a disaster. Pick the car up and the young mechanic who installed the...