Bad boost controller?

[AAHDIRTRACER05]

I have an air leak from my turbo xs boost controller and cannot figure out where it is coming from.I think it is comming from the 2 orings at the top of it but it is a loud leakand u can almost hear it over the motor running. It still holds steady boost but someone told me if i have a boost leak it has to be fixed and i dont know what to do with it? Is it a bad boost controlleror what?

 

[Boosted4]

build a boost leak tester www.vfaq.com and check for a boost leak ... it explains everything ... all you gotta do is click the links and find the intake leak tester. very cheap and easy to build.

good luck

brandon

 

[forcedfedgsx]

the sound is not from the controller and prob from you IC piping. The tester would be great but if you have a friend listen in the engine bay you might be able to find it that way too if its that loud. Just adjhust the piping and tighten the clamps if you find it.

 

[dthquazi1]

i got a leak from my boost controller also. I know its from that cuz i picked it up and air was comming out of it. Mine isn't that loud but it does have one. It wont affect anything. I actually thing it is designed to leak. Mine holds boost fine too so i wouldn't worry about it.

 

[92awddsm]

Most mbc's will have a leak. The reason is they have a bleed hole in them. Without a bleed hole on a ball/spring mbc, it will hold pressure on the wg actuator and be really slow closing which = slow spool up, no spool, boost fallng off, etc.

 

[92tsifwd]

I have a Norgren mbc and it wont go under 20psi. Without it, the car boosts 9psi. I have it hooked up corectly. Is there a way to fix it, or is it suppose to do that?