Car runs werid after long drives

[Nitrobasher]

Whats going on guys, First and foremost, Yes I searched before making this topic.

Alright here's how it went down.

First time Ive driven this car for more then 25 minutes straight. At a stoplight I hammered the throttle and noticed that my boost gauge was barely touching 10lbs of boost And car feels not so peppy.

I did another pull and watched the factory gauge this time, Same deal car only hits like 9 or 10lbs at like 4k rpms. My first thoughts were "boost leak" But I have not touched the car under the hood in a while. As a matter of fact, this car is bone stock right down to the air filter.

The other day When I was under the hood when the car was running I noticed the injectors "ticking" loudly, which is telling me that I need new injectors soon. But I dont see how this would relate to boost problems.

any help?!

 

[lo_boost]

have you checked the vacume lines? also the seals on the injectors can also cause boost leaks.

 

[Nitrobasher]

Havent checked anything really, I noticed that after the car cooled down, I was able to hit higher boost again.

I'm stumped

 

[lo_boost]

i would do a boost leak test if i were you and check the plugs.

 

[eeeewidner]

^^yeah, check the plugs, while you have the plugs out do a compression test also. My car does the same thing except I found a very very mi-nute head gasket leak, and another note would to do a leak down test also.

 

[Defiant]

It's not your injectors ticking, it's your lifters.

Fill out your Profile so we know what car we're talking about. Sounds like stock boost levels.

 

[Nitrobasher]

It's not your injectors ticking, it's your lifters.

Fill out your Profile so we know what car we're talking about. Sounds like stock boost levels.

car is a 92 laser rs, 6/4 awd.

It is in fact the injectors ticking, I swapped them out with some 550's I had laying around and fixed the ticking problem.

 

[PIMking]

do you have an aftermarket boost gauge?

 

[Nitrobasher]

yes I do have an aftermarket boost gauge,

Despite what has probably been guessed, I am not a newb to DSM's.

In fact I just sold my 2g gst, And bought this laser awd (for obvious reasons).

Just orderd eprom ecu, wideband, boost gauge, apexi n1 turbo back, and dsm link

 

[PIMking]

yes I do have an aftermarket boost gauge,

Despite what has probably been guessed, I am not a newb to DSM's.

In fact I just sold my 2g gst, And bought this laser awd (for obvious reasons).

Just orderd eprom ecu, wideband, boost gauge, apexi n1 turbo back, and dsm link

Oh okay I wasnt trying take belittle you. I was asking because alot of people go by the boost estimator that on the dash.