i think i have a boost leak,

92turbo4life

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im siting here at work and i remember what happened to me a while back. i baught the car thinking i knew a lot of shit when i didnt know anything untill i got here:naughty: anyways i had a boost leak. when i baught the car the STOCK boost gauge would read in the middle 4. i put the hks ssq bov on and now it is a lil under 8. so i found my intercooler pipes were loose. ok fixed. now my friend knows a lil about cars and he is soon to be getting a mk4 single t or a mk3. so when i picked him up he said i should have more booost. anyways when i put it in low and go to about 4000-5000 rpm and let go while in low when the rpm's go down there is a whistlenoise. kinda likea zzssszzssszz. he said i have a boost leak frfom one of my hoses. anyone tell me if this is true? and if so what hoses do i look for...pics? thanks
 

souprat

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dont have any personal expiriance with boost leaks but i have always head/read that you hear the whistleing phhhsssss under boost. cuz its the sound of the pressure in the ic pipes excaping through the leak.