jaydece wrote:you could install the new solenoid and drive it....just don't drive it hard.....if you do? you may over boost...and your car will probably pop a cel e.g. P0244 ( or go into limp mode ) .....or worse case.....turbo goes boom....or engine goes boom...
Hey guys, sorry to hijack this thread with my following question, but couldn't help but read the above and it's triggered a question that has been burdening me of late.
When your car is in limp mode, is there a safe boost level that it consistently runs at to save the engine? There has been a few dramas in terms of my tuning abilities in my car... Matt has come over twice and he can vouch that my car is a bit of a problem child. For a start, it began life being Ecutek tuned, so the ecu was locked, when Matt plugged in initially, he couldn't read from my ecu. I waited 6 month for his revisit, and again he couldn't read from my ecu because he needed Administrator rights for Ecuflash/Scan or one of his programs, and also found out that my ecu also has gone into limp mode to save the engine.
Cut a long story short, Matt did manage to crack it into my tune eventually with Administrator rights for Ecuflash/Scan, so he is able to tune it, but he couldn't remove the lock from my ecu.
Over the last 2 weeks... i have since installed a boost gauge to my car... and when I drive on full boost, the gauge only reads to a steady 0.7bar max. As far as I know, Matt has tuned the car to run at 14psi or just shy of 1 bar. A couple of things I thought initially, boost leak, wrong tap in for T Piece, old/dying spark plugs or faulty gauge. I had my car serviced yesterday, under inspection, no boost leak was found, T piece is in the correct spot (Vacuum tube off blow off valve) and had the sparks replaced. All this and it still holds a steady 0.7bar boost. So this kind of lies to a faulty gauge (plausible because this gauge was a freebie from a friend that had a worked Soarer... and has been sitting in the car loose for 3.5 years untouched/undriven). However, it is just the previous encounter with my car being in Limp mode that brings up this concern for me again.. I really hope it is just a faulty gauge.. because for 0.7bar, my car pulls like a freight train..
Thanks guys for hearing me out... will be very interested to hear your suggestions and opinions.
Dan
Below car has been gone for quite some time now... blew bottom end bearing and dealership screwed me! Now driving 2008 WRX with ~65k kms on the clock. Only has cat back exhaust and tune by KiDo at the moment! More to come... but slowly!
Purchased recently (12/11/2013), already with: Stage 2 Pedders lowered springs, rear Whiteline sway bar, Advan Racing TCII 18x8 wheels, k&N pod filter, custom 3" exhaust system from turbo back with Magnaflow mufflers. ECUTEK tune of some sort (hopefully soon to be fixed)..... now FIXED!! Now KiDo Tuned!
Added: HID kit, EZ lip equivalents to the front and sides, and various LED treatments, oem boot spoiler, [LGT WRC] plates, GFB Respons BOV for extra Pssscchhh! --> Gone... I couldn't afford it's heart transplant... but keep a look out, as it will come back on sale soon!