If the wastegate is set at 8 psi, if I were to take off the gate & put 8 pounds of weight on the rod it should extend shouldn't it? If that's the case I just applied 40 pounds of weight on my wastegate & the rod barely extended.
I had done a leak test where I was putting up to 20 psi through the system & the rod didn't move at all.
#77766, "RE: Wastegate with Hahn kit" In response to Reply # 0
Sounds like there's something wrong with that wastegate. Not so much from the pulling on it test - but the pressure test. Hook it up to a compressor all by itself and test it out.
#77775, "RE: Wastegate with Hahn kit" In response to Reply # 1 Oct-08-04 02:46 PM by Eclipse2NR
Why do you ask? My wastegate rod is very hard to pull out, but its actually only set to 5 psi... Thats pulling on it with the actuator hooked up. You talking about with the actuator unhooked? Mine becomes extremely easy without the actuator.
1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana
#77778, "RE: Wastegate with Hahn kit" In response to Reply # 2
I guess the reason that I'm asking is because It seems like I'm running out of options as to why I can't generate any boost. I called Hahn today & they said to shorten the actuator rod by 2 revolutions & try that. I did & got the same results, spike +5 boost when the car's starts revving at 3-5k then -10 on the gauge. They also said to remove the downpipe at the catalytic converter. Did that & still have the same results. I've looked and sprayed all vacuum lines to try & find a leak & I can't find anything. At idle I've got my boost gauge up to -2, where as before it was -10.
Everything that I've tried is giving me the exact same results. I finished installing the kit in the car 2 weeks ago, driven the car once mayyybe 10 miles at most, and the car has been in the garage ever since. I really wanna get the car on the road before I need to store it this fall, but like I said, It feels like I'm running out of options with this, and not really sure what to try next (except for testing the actuator directly).
#77785, "RE: Wastegate with Hahn kit" In response to Reply # 3
Is the cotter pin broken on the wastegate actuator? That was the problem i encountered. It leaks right through the wastegate and took me forever to figure that out....worth a shot.
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