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Low boost, is it safe to drive?
Posted by masupra (more from masupra) on Tue, 1 May 2007 18:45:12
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Starting from two days ago, my car (1996 CSE) decided to not boost. The boost gauge stays toward the end of the green area at idle, and goes to where the green and yellow meets when I step on gas. If I make the car work really hard, e.g. going uphill and floor the gas, it will move to the middle of yellow area, but no more.
I went through a lot old posts here, it looks like the turbo still spins (based on the fact that it does go to middle of yellow area when I floor the pedal). I could not find any obvious vacuum hose leaking. The car now has no guts going uphills, but it does drive OK on flat road and freeways. I am quite busy these days and probably don't have time to do more trouble shooting for a couple weeks. Is that safe to drive like this for a while? I may need to make a 200 mile road trip this Friday as well. thanks in advance.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Low boost, is it safe to drive?, masupra, Tue, 1 May 2007 18:45:12 <-- Viewing This Message
- Perfectly safe to drive..., Rod , Wed, 2 May 2007 05:32:16
- Re: Low boost, is it safe to drive?, bobt, Tue, 1 May 2007 19:22:45
- It's not waste gate rod or BPC, what to do now?, masupra, Wed, 2 May 2007 20:25:06
- You either have a massive leak or..., Street, Thu, 3 May 2007 09:16:17
- Re: It's not waste gate rod or BPC, what to do now?, Ari , Thu, 3 May 2007 08:18:04
- Other things to check..., Joe98, Thu, 3 May 2007 07:16:55
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