Lansing, MIwith a Blue Talon TSI AWD ...

I will try that tomorrow morning. Yes it seems to be an external leak because I can feel the aik leaking in that area quite a lot. Its not holding air at all. I took it upto 17 psi and as soon as I remove the air pipe ... its all leaks out in like 4-5 seconds. Although the car drives and boosts...

ok ... so I replaced the BISS o-ring and fixed the leak. Also I found where the unplugged vacume hose goes ... it was one of the emissions line. Thanks to Taboo's diagrams :thumb:I finally got the air tank as well ... so I did the leak test again today... and its still leaking :|the...

Thanks! The car is already working MUCH better than before :DStanding on the passenger side, counting from the firewall, its the 4th vacume hose.I looked at Taboo's website and its kind of confusing. I'll study the diagrams once I'm done with my classes for the day :thumb:

ok ... so the new gasket and RTV didn't seal the J-Pipe/Turbo Outlet joint. Turns out my J-pipe was slightly bent so it didn't seal. I ordered a J-pipe from Dejon Tool and installed it. The leak stopped.So I did the leak test and it does hold pressure for about 5-7 seconds. I had three...

ok this must be lame ... but how often should you change the sparkplug wires? I read a post saying that 2 yrs on a daily driver is too long? I've had magnacore 8.5mm competition wires on my Talon for about 4 years and they are still working just fine. I just replaced the spark plugs today and...

Thats alright :)The RTV has been on for about 26 hours now, the only catch is that the instructions say it takes 24 hours to completely cure it at 70F. the tepmeratures here have been below freeing. I'm going to give it another few hours to set and then I'll start the engine for a few...

Thanks for the help guys. And oldman, I do take people's advice seriously. and I sincerely appreciate everyone who has taken time to help me out here. The problem is that I"m a starving student and I will be getting my paycheck this coming Friday and I will be buying a compressor and tank pretty...

How do I do that? closing all the valves?

I just checked for shaft play and there is non. Nor is there any oil in there.Here are some pics that might give you idea where the leak is at. Not very good but it might help.Note: The oil on the turbo exhaust housing is because I losened the oil like to fit the J-pipe.

The air is leaking from under the leftmost exh-mani runner. Its more like right below the turbo compressor outlet ... somwhere in that area.The turbo seems to be working ... when I press the accelerator and it starts building boost, the car starts the stuttering thing but when I let go I do...

Well, I knew I had a leak somewhere but I was driving it anyways ... waiting for the weather to get a little better. At times it drove ok, but at other times it would hardly move. Then one day I accelerated and under high boost (14 psi) it started bucking and missfireing ... like a machinegun...

ok ... I fixed the J-pipe gasket and tested the system again. It still didn't hold any pressure. It seems to be leaking from under the exhaust-manifold right next to the turbo outlet. Is there any other line under there other then the J-pipe/turbo compressor outlet? could it be the compressor...

THanks for the suggestions old man. I just limped to a gas stating and used the compresser. I have a HUGE leak ... the boost guage didn't even move. The air is leaking from the Turbo air outlet. The gaskit is blown. I'll fix that and move on from there.Thanks again.

I've read quite a lot of boost leak testing threads and I've read the tech article on the topic and have consulted vfaqs as well ... but I still need help.I'm trying to test my intake for leaks and I've made the tester. I've removed the air can and have hooked up the tester to the turbo...

What kind of mods would one have to do to fit these on a 1gb Talon?

LOL!now why didn't I think of that :p I could make millions! :D

Thanks mavisky ... appreciate your going through all the trouble :)

Defiant, I would like to get BBS or SSR or AT Italia wheels ... if I had like $500 per wheel kinda money ... but when u'r a poor college student with a daily driver rolling on 4 bent wheels ... you'd wanna buy anything that looks reasonable and costs like $500 for a set :(even the fake...

so what do you have in mind 16gkid? :p

So far, the votes are in favour of RS6.As for the Axis wheels, I'd get them but am kinda on low budget. Just spent $1700 on transmission work :(

I would also suggest going with a 4 channel amp. I prefer Alpine. I have Infinity Reference components in the front, Polk Audio Components in the read hooked up to an Alpine 9833 head unit and an alpine amp ... the bass comes from a JL Audio 12W6v2 sub powered by a JL 500/1 amp ... the system...

I live in Michigan ... and I haven't seen many people with the RS 6 ... especially on the 1G :Dbut still I'd like to have other peoples opinion ...

I love the Borbets on my car! but I hopped a curb and they'r bent and I'm in the market for a new set of wheels. I tried everything to get similar Borbets ... but no luck!Here's my car ...Anyways ... I've narrowed down to these three options ... what do you guys thing will look good...

Just want to know the difference between IPT high-stall torque conver and the stock converter. How much differences would it make in a daily driver that doesn't see track much. Is it worth buying the high-stall if I don't goto the track much at all? My car is mostly driven in the city or very...

Does anyone know where to buy a cheap torque converter?I'm getting a freshly rebuilt auto transmission for $400 but doesn't come with a torque converter and my previous one has scuff marks on it left by loose TC bolts. Is it ok to use the old one since its kinda working ok for now ... My...

I charged the battery a bit with my friend's car andnow the car starts up fine. Although the battery, brake and coolant lights were still dimmly lit.I called Autozone, they are selling a 75 amp rebuilt alternator for $104 + core. They said they can only test my alternator if its out of the...

Hey everyone, I started up my car after about 2 weeks and it started up fine. I was out cleaning up the snow and my friend in the car was laying the music system really really loud (around 700 RMS). When I went back I saw a voltage drop on the cap and it kept going down n down. I turned off all...

I know I'm bringing up an old topic ... but does anyone know if there are any aftermarket CF/dark lights available for 1Gb Talons?Is there a way to make the rear lights and the centerpiece bkacl/darker?

Thanks Andrew. That should be helpful.I'll be finding out whats actually wrong with it by tomorrow or so. I'll update u guys as soon as I find somthing out.

So a follow up on my post:http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157092I took it to a local transmission shop and the guy told me that it was leaking oil from between the engine and the tranny. He also dropped the oil pan and showed me a couple of lose valve-body bolts. One of...

so I finally got a chance to get some B&M Trickshift and added it to the tranny because the level was really low. I added a quart ... and the level came upto "cold" ... while the engine was warm and running. I drove around a little to warm up the tranny ... checked the level and it didn't even...

For the past few days my auto tranny has been shifting sluggishly. After warming up it seemed better ... shifted fine ... no slipping ... pulled strong.Today after driving around town for 30 miles or so I parked it at a friends house. It sat there for a good 8 hours in snow and below...