Question for the wise

[airhead04]

Ok, so the other day I had my air flow meter off to clean the area up from the oil thats been leaking around there. I noticed that the turbo actuator hose wasnt connected back to the turbo. Instead it has a three way splitter going to it with only 2 hoses connected to it. I was wondering why it is like that and what i should do for the part of the splitter with no hose.

Thats what its suppose to look like but mine doesnt. It has the three way splitter with only two hoses going to it. Does anybody have any idea on how to fix this? Should i just take the hoses off and put it back to factory or should i get a hose and connect it to the splitter and back to the turbo?

Ill take pics if nobdy gets what Im saying.

 

[TurboStreetCar]

Put it back to factory untill you understand the fundementals of this car.

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

splitter was probably used for some sort of boost control or maybe a vac line for something else. plumb it back like stock.

 

[jdub]

Ummm...it's not possible for it to be a vac line. A 3-way splitter open to atmosphere pretty much disables the wastegate. What max psi were you showing?

 

[airhead04]

Thats what Ithought I should do but wasnt to sure. Ok follow up question what should I do with the hose after I connect the actuator hose back up?

 

[airhead04]

Ummm...it's not possible for it to be a vac line. A 3-way splitter open to atmosphere pretty much disables the wastegate. What max psi were you showing?

Wish I knew, my boost gauge broke the other day, I have a replacement but I havent had time to put it on.

 

[dumbo]

Did you hit fuel cut often?

 

[airhead04]

Hit it once, after that never push the car hard enough to get it to that point again. I dont want to hurt the car. Y do you ask?

 

[dumbo]

If your WG is open to atmosphere, your turbo will spool right to fuel cut. In your case, your very lucky for that feature. Plumb it direct like in the picture you posted and you shouldn't hit it anymore.

 

[Guyana00]

Thats what Ithought I should do but wasnt to sure. Ok follow up question what should I do with the hose after I connect the actuator hose back up?

Does it connect to a boost controller? If not, toss it.

 

[airhead04]

If your WG is open to atmosphere, your turbo will spool right to fuel cut. In your case, your very lucky for that feature. Plumb it direct like in the picture you posted and you shouldn't hit it anymore.

Ok but what do I do with the other hose then? I cant just leave it there, lol. And honestly, I have no freakin clue where it runs to.

 

[dumbo]

Ok but what do I do with the other hose then? I cant just leave it there, lol. And honestly, I have no freakin clue where it runs to.

LOOK

And I thought there was nothing on the the third nipple..hahah

 

[airhead04]

LOOK

And I thought there was nothing on the the third nipple..hahah

There isnt, but Ill only be using one hose for the actautor, the other hose will just be sitting there. And thats a nono.:nono:

Ill take a look at it and see where it runs to. If anything Ill just post a pic up.

 

[mkiii222]

If it used to be:
Turbo -> Hose -> T -> Hose -> Actuator

And it's supposed to be:
Turbo -> Hose -> Actuator

Then you will have a leftover T and Hose.

 

[Keros]

Make the hose as short as possible.

 

[jdub]

^^^ With no kinks

 

[ForcedTorque]

It's possible that there was a Manual Boost Controller there. Either hook it back up like stock as said, or find a cheap MBC to hook back into it. If you are missing a boost controller, those hoses you do have are probably hanging loose at the other end.

 

[airhead04]

Hey everybody, I wanted to say thank you very much for the advice and help. My car is running great due to the advice from everyone. Just wanted to say...

THANK YOU





:icon_bigg

 

[Turbo Habanero]

what did you end up doing?

 

[airhead04]

what did you end up doing?

Put it back to stock, my car idled a little rough and when i got that plumbed correctly again the car stopped idling rough and the BOV spit alot cleaner.