Bad luck with FP turbos
Jul 21, 2011, 07:29 PM
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im searching for turbo as well, called my friend who is building race/rally dsm/evos for years and he told me same thing bout stock shaft and big/heavy wheels, he said fp red/green is good to show numbers on dyno but when you take it harder on track it is gonna be guaranteed failure, he s building evos for rally america now and says that HKS is the only way to go
Jul 22, 2011, 07:53 PM
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How else can I check if its the crankcase pressure? I'd much rather it be that than have to take the whole turbo off again.
Jul 23, 2011, 10:20 AM
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^^^ What this guy said... so u know man the pcv on back of valve cover is only for low rpms, but when wot that valve closes, and the vapors from valve cover go through the fitting by cam sensor into the intake, so unless your running a breather filter or catch can to catch those vapors, those will eventually gunk up your intake pipe if your just running the stock hose recirculated. Mine got somewhat gunked up on a new aem intake within 10k. and im running a cusco catch can, but the catch can dont fill up though. So pull your licp off too cuz that more then likely will be filled with vapor crap, clean that out, if possible disconnect both icps off your front mount, and then spray into it with some water then use compressed air to blow out as much water as you can, your car will prolly run a lot better once you do that, cuz the heat the oil vapor creates in the intake pipe, unofficially will make your car run more ****ty.
Jul 23, 2011, 11:42 AM
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I have a line going from the nipple by the cam sensor to a fuel filter Im using as the catch can and routing the other end back to the intake to create vacuum. And there is absolutely no oil in the catch can at all. Its see through so I'd be able to see if any was getting in at all.
The PVC I still have hooked up to the intake manifold.
The PVC I still have hooked up to the intake manifold.
Jul 23, 2011, 11:44 AM
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^^^ What this guy said... so u know man the pcv on back of valve cover is only for low rpms, but when wot that valve closes, and the vapors from valve cover go through the fitting by cam sensor into the intake, so unless your running a breather filter or catch can to catch those vapors, those will eventually gunk up your intake pipe if your just running the stock hose recirculated. Mine got somewhat gunked up on a new aem intake within 10k. and im running a cusco catch can, but the catch can dont fill up though. So pull your licp off too cuz that more then likely will be filled with vapor crap, clean that out, if possible disconnect both icps off your front mount, and then spray into it with some water then use compressed air to blow out as much water as you can, your car will prolly run a lot better once you do that, cuz the heat the oil vapor creates in the intake pipe, unofficially will make your car run more ****ty.
Jul 23, 2011, 01:13 PM
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I have a line going from the nipple by the cam sensor to a fuel filter Im using as the catch can and routing the other end back to the intake to create vacuum. And there is absolutely no oil in the catch can at all. Its see through so I'd be able to see if any was getting in at all.
The PVC I still have hooked up to the intake manifold.
The PVC I still have hooked up to the intake manifold.
Jul 23, 2011, 01:27 PM
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Have you actually tried the vents yet? It'll only take a half hour or so to check. I really think that's your problem and if it is you may have bigger issues than just a turbo. Unplug the PVC hose from the manifold and plug the nipple on the intake then vent the valve cover hose to the atmosphere, again capping off the nipple on the intake. At the very least it will answer one question and give you a path to follow instead of going blindly through. I also HIGHLY recommend doing a compression test. Again, it's very simple to do and inexpensive for a tester. If you can change spark plugs, you can do a test. Pull the plugs, unplug the cam angle sensor, screw the compression tester in and crank the engine 6-7 times for each cylinder.
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