So I start the car and for some reason the ebrake light stays on when I release it. When I pulled the ebrake the light got a little brighter, but when I released it, it dimed slightly but stayed on. After a few minutes of driving it went off, but after a few more miles, the brake light came on at full brightness and now it has stayed that way. The ABS light use to blink, but it stays on solid now too. The factory voltmeter stays around 12.5v at any rpm and when I put my turn signals on, the rvoltage gauge needle moves from 12v-12.5v back and forth in unison with the turns signals clicking on and off. All aftermarket accessories which are taking power and ground from separate places are all acting weird. EBC not properly holding boost, HKS TEMS controller randomly getting stuck in full firm no matter how I set it, and my UNGO wb is all over the place. I checked over all my engine bay grounds and they are secure. What could be going on? Alternator internal regulator fried?
I drove the vehicle home from the tuners for 80 miles like this. At first it ran great. Did a couple of hard pulls and even though the wb gauge sometimes read lean as hell (16+), it ran fine and there were no signs of pre-detonation. I figured the wb was reading incorrectly as the dyno sheet showed low 11's under boost. However, about ten miles from my exit, I did a hard pull and a few seconds after I let off, I heard a bang/pop kind and sound a metal jingle noise as if something snapped and flew under the car. The sound came from the turbo side of the vehicle. Mind you this happened a second or two after I let off the gas. After which I could hear an exhaust leak from the ddp and the engine now sounds like a diesel. When I got home, I checked all intercooler coupler and clamps and they are secure. The wastegate flapper arm is still attached. The turbo has zero shaft play (thank god). No milkshake in oil or oil in coolant. The engine now has a slight miss at idle as well. I know these turbonetics bolt-on had wastegate sticking open issues, but that doesn't explain the noise I heard if that's the case.
I know there's got to be a few things going on here, electrical and mechanical. I appreciate any advise to help me troubleshoot what the hell is going on. This is the second time I have picked my car up from the tuners and it takes a shit on me on the drive home. So this is an ongoing issue.
The tuner is closed right now so I can't call and ask if they've experienced this while they had it, but if you look and my dyno pull and the chart, everything seemed to be good for them. I have no luck with this damn thing. :3d_frown:
I can't keep taking it to the tuners as between the two I have over 2 grand invested and still have issues. It's been at 2 reputable shops already.
Here's my recent thread with the dyno run:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...-and-chart-*&p=1913016&viewfull=1#post1913016
I drove the vehicle home from the tuners for 80 miles like this. At first it ran great. Did a couple of hard pulls and even though the wb gauge sometimes read lean as hell (16+), it ran fine and there were no signs of pre-detonation. I figured the wb was reading incorrectly as the dyno sheet showed low 11's under boost. However, about ten miles from my exit, I did a hard pull and a few seconds after I let off, I heard a bang/pop kind and sound a metal jingle noise as if something snapped and flew under the car. The sound came from the turbo side of the vehicle. Mind you this happened a second or two after I let off the gas. After which I could hear an exhaust leak from the ddp and the engine now sounds like a diesel. When I got home, I checked all intercooler coupler and clamps and they are secure. The wastegate flapper arm is still attached. The turbo has zero shaft play (thank god). No milkshake in oil or oil in coolant. The engine now has a slight miss at idle as well. I know these turbonetics bolt-on had wastegate sticking open issues, but that doesn't explain the noise I heard if that's the case.
I know there's got to be a few things going on here, electrical and mechanical. I appreciate any advise to help me troubleshoot what the hell is going on. This is the second time I have picked my car up from the tuners and it takes a shit on me on the drive home. So this is an ongoing issue.
The tuner is closed right now so I can't call and ask if they've experienced this while they had it, but if you look and my dyno pull and the chart, everything seemed to be good for them. I have no luck with this damn thing. :3d_frown:
I can't keep taking it to the tuners as between the two I have over 2 grand invested and still have issues. It's been at 2 reputable shops already.
Here's my recent thread with the dyno run:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...-and-chart-*&p=1913016&viewfull=1#post1913016
