Installed upper and lower ic piping and greddy type s bov now car wont boost

[jamvisuals]

I just installed a greddy uicp and licp and a greddy type s bov and changed the air box to an air filter and when I drove the first time I stepped on the gas and it sounded like the bov went off 3 times. Then I adjusted the screw on the bov and it no longer went off 3 times. Now it seems like the turbo is spooling, but now the turbo air isn't going back to the engine and sounds like a whole bunch of air is just being released and I cant even get into second gear or over 25mph. It is a 98 eclipse gsx with stock engine.

UPDATE
Took it out and now the car won't boost past 5psi

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

recirculate your blow off valve, plug in your MAS plug, check for boost leaks.

 

[dsmpokolm]

Does it do it half way through pedal travel? Maybe your BOV was to soft. If you dont have someway of tuning your car then recirculate it. Sounds better when it is not recirculated but over time can ruin your car.

 

[jamvisuals]

Hello, bov is recirculated and it idles just fine, but as soon as it tries to build boost, it is like the turbo is spooling but the car is sputtering and not gaining any speed and the highest it will go is about 25mph if that

 

[jamvisuals]

okay so i looked under the hood again and correct me if i am wrong, but isnt the intake nipple supposed to be faced towards the back of the bov like this? http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/sportmpower/bov4.jpg

I just looked under my hood and the intake nipple is faced almost to the front with the recirculation hose. Could the bov be screwed. I guess someone mustve tried taking it apart. And I think it might be boost leak because when we rev the engine a little bit of air is escaping from between the bov and ic piping and that is when it is not under boost, so when it is could this explain the problem?

 

[oldman]

Boost Leak Test!!!!!

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

Again.. boost leak test.

And you said they "Tried" to take it apart, THEY DID. Default the nipple is behind the outlet of the bov. You can position it however you want once you take off the cap.

 

[BoostFrenzy]

Boost Leak Test!!!!!

YEP! it is defiantly a boost leak. If it is leaking air even when not in boost i is really bad. So when your turbo does spool making more pressure in the intake piping, it finds that leak and forces it out of there. Fix it and see if it still is messing up.

 

[jamvisuals]

Thanks all forgot to post I got it fixed the damn upper pipe to the intercooler blew off. Now I had to make a new thread since after I fixed it the car now boosts, but goes all the way to 20psi and then drops to 17psi and holds there instead of the factory 13psi when the factory pipes and bov were on.

 

[oldman]

1. Which mbc and how is it hooked up?

2. Just because you found one pipe blown off doesn't mean you're done, your installation isn't considered complete until you perform a boost leak test, I guarantee you have more leaks.

 

[jamvisuals]

There isn't a MBC connected to the car as of yet. I was told to check the BCS lines to make sure none of them were kinked and were all connected to intake and then the other hose tee'd off to the compressor housing and the wastegate and they are. I am doing the boost leak test tomorrow after I get all the parts needed.

I know I am not done, but I was just stating that now I found out what the problem was with the car not boosting at all.

 

[oldman]

There isn't a MBC connected to the car as of yet. I was told to check the BCS lines to make sure none of them were kinked and were all connected to intake and then the other hose tee'd off to the compressor housing and the wastegate and they are. I am doing the boost leak test tomorrow after I get all the parts needed.

I know I am not done, but I was just stating that now I found out what the problem was with the car not boosting at all.

When troubleshooting problems like this, it's difficult to move beyond boost leaks since it's always in play, yes boost leaks can make you overboost as well as under. The quicker you thoroughly eliminate boost leaks, the quicker you can move on to something else. In the mean time, eliminate the BCS altogether by connecting the compressor fitting directly to the actuator fitting, test run and post back results.

 

[jamvisuals]

Okay I disconnected the BCS all together and the boost topped off at the facotry setting of 13psi but when I put the pedal to the ground to see if the boost would still cut off at 13psi, it went between about 16-20psi during different tries. If it matters, the bov is kind of fluttering at low boost levels

 

[oldman]

Okay I disconnected the BCS all together and the boost topped off at the facotry setting of 13psi but when I put the pedal to the ground to see if the boost would still cut off at 13psi, it went between about 16-20psi during different tries. If it matters, the bov is kind of fluttering at low boost levels

1. Which turbo do you have? Time to update your profile with your new mods.

2. How did it get to 16-20 PSI? Did it hit 13 first then slowly rise as RPM increases OR shoots to 16-20 immediately?

3. To fix the flutter BOV: Back the adjustment rod all the way out, start turning it down (test run) until the flutter starts to happen and back it out a lil. Mark the rod and back it out again, wrap a good amount of tafflon tape right below the mark, reinstall the rod to the mark.

 

[jamvisuals]

The car is completely stock i am assuming as everything was factory under the hood. The only mods are the greddy upper and lower intercooler piping, Greddy Typs S BOV, MAS adapter to 4" Intake and a 4" air filter