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Turbo problems?


Graham Rudd

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I can't seem to get any breaks with my Supra at the minute. I was out today trying to cleaning a few connections and checking my relays in the hope of fixing my ABS problem. After a bit of general mucking around I decided to take it out for a spin to see if the ABS sensor was still playing up.

 

Well, the good news is that the ABS sensor worked, the bad news is that as I was driving along at a fair rate of knots I had a sudden loss of power. I then drove it home and couldn't even get it to make 0.5bar boost. I would swear that when the second is meant to kick in I was getting a strange whining noise too.

 

Just to add insult to injury I was also testing a new version of my RLTC software with the data analysis enabled, the best 0-60 time I could manage was 5.4 seconds *mutter*.

 

So does this sound terminal for one of my turbos? I'm hoping not as this is the second set I've had on the car :(

 

Any insights as to what might have happened?

 

Thanks

Graham

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During your general mucking around you may have disturbed a vacuum line. Worth a check before you panic. Sounds like a leak rather than a turbo.

 

Glad to hear the new version of the RL app is developing well, if you need more testing you know wher I am, and I have a new laptop with a R232??? socket at last.

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Good point, I'm hoping you're right Phil. I have to admit though, there is a *tiny* part of me hoping that they are buggered so I can finally be done with half of that crap under the bonnet and get a nice simple big single. ;)

 

Got to say, I love the Supra but its making it really hard work at the minute!

 

I'll shoot you a copy of the program to test out later in the week too. Just a few more things to sort out.

 

Cheers

Graham

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