Newbie Boost Leak Question Help

[eclipse97024]

Ok i dont want to be repetative, so i looked at the other posts about boost leaks. I know you can check it by building up pressure with a pump or somthing but i dont want to go through all the trouble if i dont really have one. Im not sure, but i feel like i dont get as much power as when i first got the car and i hear a little whitling noise (not bov) from the right side maybe intercooler? Another thing that happens idk if its normal but when i bring up the rpms quickly the boost gauge (stock one i no i no i ordered a real one) shoots up but if i hold the rpms at 5k lets say the boost gauge drops all the way down? is that a boost leak or is that normal? thanks

 

[Spooling99]

First off welcome to the forums and please fill out your vehicle profile. Also you will need to build a boost leak tester, no reason to be lazy. Check the classifieds a guy by the name of JaredGSX sells them for like 15$ or something. Also the reason your boost gauge drops back down while holding a steady rpm is that your car isn't under a load strong enough to spin the turbine to full boost.

 

[oldman]

if you're too lazy to do a boost leak test, you should save yourself the trouble now and get out of DSMs while you can. Adam is right, little to no boost can be built while free-revving the engine due to lack of load.

 

[Spooling99]

if you're too lazy to do a boost leak test, you should save yourself the trouble now and get out of DSMs while you can. .

Exactly what I was thinking Bruce. If you dont have the time to do proper maintenance then you picked the wrong car to mod.

 

[boosted-dsm]

wow.. ya.. you got the WAY wrong car. if you wont even make a boost leak tester..

i hope you didnt buy the car just ### other ppl have them.. if so.. im sry but go buy a honda.

 

[brute]

Don't be worried about doing new things. You learn by doing. Just follow things in the Haynes/Chiltons manual, vfaq, and what people say on this site. You'll learn quickly. The whistling could be a pinhole in a weld or something like that on your intercooler endtank. But just build a boost leak tester (or buy one), and follow the vfaq directions of how to use it. It's an indispensable tool.

how to do a boost leak test

 

[shaunman1979]

I dont know what car you have, But I know with the 1g side mount IC the upper outlet has a tendency to corrode. Could be causing the sound.

 

[MyBeatGSX]

I never wanted to do a boost leak test either, until I actually tired it and realized how incredibly easy it is to do. Everyone here makes it sound too complicated. You don't need to "build" a "boost leak tester". Just stick a soda can in the turbo inlet coupler to block it off (be sure to clamp it in), then tee a hose to your compressor (or pump) into your BOV line. Simple as that. Obviously you need an aftermarket boost gauge to do it this way, but that's a requirement for moding the car anyway.

 

[eclipse97024]

Boost leak tester it shall be. If i find a leak im just thinking of buying an intercooler with a whole new piping set up, the thing is that i looked at them on ebay and i saw that they all had different piping paterns. Witch would be the best one to get? Something not to big of a pain to get in. Or is there a set of metal tubing that will fit for the stock intercooler?

 

[brute]

If you find a boost leak, you fix it. You don't need to buy anything. Just adjust the coupler and/or clamps. But if you do get a front mount, get the short route piping that looks like this:

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[agarcia892003]

I have the Greddy 24r on my car and it works just fine, and it was pretty easy to install.