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Originally Posted by redassag00
My 83 300D Turbo.
While Im taking pics under the hood, heres a pic of whats left of the wastegate hose.
Yes, that mushy thing in the middle is my wastegate hose....I didnt realize it until now, but that hose looking like that is probably making me lose a lot of boost....
This is interesting since I'm considering adding a boost controller. So, at this point, if the hose is not even solid, i.e. broken and messed up like that, I'm probably losing most of my boost eh?
Sorry for the silly question, I'm still trying to learn the car. At least the front end is safe now! |
you will overboost without that hose on there..........even with it venting to the atmosphere..........that hose supplies pressure to the wastegate acutator and at one point will override the spring pressure holding it closed and open it when the designed boost pressure is met.
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