Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:24:00 +0100 From: MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: Intercooler heatsoak, and peak boost lower.......
In article <c4jj2q$2jdc6o$2nospam52899.news.uni-berlin.de>, grunffnospam.com says... > MeatballTurbo wrote: > > > During the colder weather, boost peak was on the edge of red, dropping > > back only a little. > > > > Yesterday, it was peaking at 3/4 yellow, dropping back to 2/3rd yellow. > > Plugs were changed in the last 8k miles, had an oil and filter change 3 > > weeks ago, airfilter is clean. Leads haven't been changed, but there was > > no signs outwardly of them cracking. changed the rotor and cap about 8- > > 9k ago just before I did the plugs. > > > That's a big difference for such a small temp difference I think. Is > your timing spot on? > > Should be. Timing chain was changed about 5 months ago, so they should have checked the cam and ignition timin when they put everything back together. When the rad fan kicked in yesterday, on the way home, and stationary for a while, before the temp fully dropped, it was peaking at 3/4 and dropping to half, even bigger peak dip, and even bigger drop between peak and stable. But after a while driving, yesterday, and this morning, it was pretty close to what I'm getting now. -- The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com