My first turbo DSM!

[JCHemenway]

Hey there first off id like to say that im glad to be a owner of a dsm and a member on this website. I live in southwest michigan and just aquired a 1998 eagle talon TSI fwd, Absolutely love this vehicle. Shes got a 6bolt under the hood stock 14b turbo (was told 15psi), FMIC all hard piped except intake going to turbo. No strut rust or rear body rust BTW. Has a kinda funky black and grey interior with grey seats that have speckles of blue in them i havnt seen this interior package often (maybe im a nub though). Some Yahoo decided theyd spray paint the interior panels (the wrong way and probably with Dollar general paint) because its craking and flakeing and i can see the stock color which is the gray door panels and plastic trim with black dash. Now for the bad........The only stock gages that are working is the Boost,fuel........temp sometimes. Has autometer pyrometer,air/fuel,boost but there not hooked up.

Question 1: How to go about hooking up my air/fuel gauge properly?
Question 2: Hooked up my boost gage and am only hitting 10 psi......i connected the hose to a t block and one end into a hose outlet on my TB si that right.
Question 3: What color is my Oil pressure gauge wire, I will hook up after market one later but the stock would be good for now, plus i hate dead gauges.
Question 4: The bov is venting to the atmospher and is causing me some idel issues when i let off the gas. How do i go about recurculating the bov, and if i get dsm link i have the option to vent to the atmosphere but is there any long term effects of it not being recurculated?
Question 5: the drip moulding arund the doors and such are starting to flake. are these originally black or do some cars have them chromed out. Im only asking because it looks like cheap paint like the kid painted the interior then painted the mouldings. i dont think it would look bad as a chrome color. so why not just take the remaing black off and leave it.?


I got a used valve cover with the car because the old on had a crack in it, problem is that this new one isnt painted all pretty and such, so after looking up some information here i found a product i didnt know about called airplane stripper or somthing which if i was on a airplane a stipper dont sound bad however this stuff is raunchy as can be, burnt my hands and eyes and ofc i was in a 10x10 well sealed room, basicly i took the intsruction and warning lables and ofc who needs them right. Anyway ive got a nice finished product afterwards So thnx for the good info it helped me out alot, sanding was taking ages. Still need to do a boost leak test. probalby tomorrow. Anyway she dont sound to bad does she?

Btw im sorry for typos and what not, ive been working on this car for about 28hrs straight and am tired as hell. Im sure i have more question but im not running on all cylinders right now. Also im Deffinetly looking for some DSM'ers to hang with in my area (three rivers,marcellus,dowagiac). Im kind of a newb but am eager to learn.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

Hello fellow michigan/dsmer! congrats on the car and as for your questions we'll try to go in order

1. is there 3 wires coming of the air/fuel gauge? If there is one is for power, one is for ground, and the last one needs to be tapped into the factory O2 sensor. http://www.dsmlink.com/images/forums/2GECUPinout.pdf look for the front O2 sensor on the pin out and just tap into it.

2. Your boost running at 10 psi could be right. The guy could have straight up lied to you upon the sale to make it sound better than it actually is. Now for hook up what exact TB pin are you T ing into? (pics would be the most helpful)

3. As for the oil gauge wire sorry im not to sure about that one.

4. As far as your BOV, what kind of BOV is it? Is it stock? Aftermarket? A 1G BOV? And a picture of that general area on the car would greatly help as well. And for not recir it, it is a motor killer unless you get some type of air measurer (like a GM MAF) so I would try and get it recir sooner than later.

5. As for this one its your own decision. Never let anyone else tell you what you can and cant do to your car. Always make sure you do things right the first time and correctly so you never have to go back and work on it or worry about it. (P.S. ive never seen any chrome ones before tho)

So welcome to the forums and if you need help dont be afraid to ask! There is alot of very helpful knowledge and info on here

 

[JCHemenway]

Thnx for the reply, Im definetly hooking up my air fuel gauge tomorrow, seems pretty easy. Can i run my boost at 15psi or is that overkill till i get suporting mods? The BOV seems to be a cheap ebay one i assume. The Tblock and hoses are highleted in yellow. BTW ive had some more issues with the car starting today. I got on the car a little bit ran it through first second then third it fell on its nose and lost power. i couldt rev past 4K under a load but in neutral it was fine. I was scared , did a compresion test and i had 145-150 in all except the far right cylinder was 140-145. So thats pretty descent right? After some investigating i found a hose that connects to a elctronic sensor behind my TB, It has two bolt holes on it and looks like it should be mounted flush on the block or something however it had a vacuum hose running to the little nipple it has onit. I hooked it back up and now she runs fine except my BOV dont seem to be opening, The sound i hear between shifts i think is air coming back out the breather...i assume thats bad. what could have happened here. im now not building boost as much or as fast, the car is at my other household so i got to mess with it tomorrow, is it possible i blew apart my intercooler i have no clue,can i have a stuck wastegate or something? Any help is greatly apreciated thnx

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[jpmxrider489]

Its not a stock bov. Looks like you got some short route piping. You CAN vent to atmosphere but many people will tell you not to but my experience is it didnt hurt much.

 

[EclipsedFLA]

Check all couplings? in relation to a possible boost issue... Ive heard its possible that in a 5spd car venting to the atmosphere can cause a feeling of boost leak/ lack of boost. I just recirculated mine, and honestly it may just be me but before recirculation I spooled really quick without any pull now after it pulls along with boost. IDK may be a mental thing..but then again im new to DSM.. Also I just taped into my ecu for the air/fuel, simple hook up. not sure if this oil pic will help, but I found it on this forum, gave me somewhat of an idea to whats happening down there

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