TurboLaserRS
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- May 14, 2011
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Dayton,
Ohio
I want to hear some honest opinions about what might have / probably went wrong here. I'll keep it as simple as I can. Basically, I was driving around, steam comes out from under hood as I'm pulling in the driveway. I popped the hood, and the throttlebody itself seemed to be leaking coolant somehow. Took the lines off the TB, and bypassed TB. No more leak, but idles high because the FIAV thing is just sitting open. Not very much later on, it seems that above 8-10psi on my gauge that I hear this sound that can only be described as a high pitched 'WHEEEEEE" sound. Are my throttle body seals toast? I am 170 miles from my garage where I can work on my car atm, so a boost leak test isn't really an option.
Any ideas? Car idles at like 1500rpm, but if I put my foot under the pedal and bring it back toward me it drops to maybe 1100ish. So something definitely isn't right, it still pulls like crazy though.
Any ideas? Car idles at like 1500rpm, but if I put my foot under the pedal and bring it back toward me it drops to maybe 1100ish. So something definitely isn't right, it still pulls like crazy though.
There's a possibility it could be a pre-turbo exhaust leak too, I had an issue with that, that drove me nuts for a good several months. For the idle/throttle pulling up make sure there's just a little slack in your throttle cable, it sounds like that's a little too tight.