boost issues

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    I am working on a friend of mines car and when you go into boost it dosnt stay spooled consistantly it spools then stops a sec then spools ? is he running to high of boost for the stock turbo? Or what?
     
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    What car, what mods, etc. Perhaps the wastegate is getting blown open or the BOV is leaking?
     
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    it is a stock wrx with a perrin manual boost controller and and cold air intake and he is running a utec thats it!
     
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    How much boost does he see and when does it stop and spool up or whatever?
     
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    1st guess is overboost. Do you know what psi it is running up to before it drops??

    I HIGHLY doubt you need to spend $100 for a part. I would say that with the MBC and utec, you didn't make the correct changes to allow more than 20psi.

    Russ
     
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    quits spool at about 16,17 psi
     
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    see if the vacuum lines are pinched
    second, check the solenoid
     
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    Is this on a boost gauge, or the utec?? The utec has boost cut at 20psi. I have seen 3-4psi differences between gauges and utec/ecu.

    Russ
     
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    the boost guage reads 16 ,17 pounds of boost!
     
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    It's probably the controller.
    One of the members here had the perrin mbc, kept having boost issues.
    Swapped and went with a bcs and everything was fine.
     
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