possible wastegate problem?
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possible wastegate problem?
Ok so my 97 2500 has been having some issues this week, I've been pulling 14 hour days at work all this week so i haven't really been able to tear into it yet, I think I might know what it is, but before I go spend a lot of time and money I was hoping for some opinions.
The truck has been hit and miss all week in regards to power, sometime I'll barely hit the throttle and she will just **** and get, other times I'll have my foot buried in it on a level surface and it will take me 60 seconds to get up to 60mph. I can hear the turbo screaming, but it feels like i have 0 boost (unfortunately i don't have any guages in it to know for sure). I checked all the turbo's plumbing and the wastegate hoses and they all seem fine. I think the actual wastegate itself might be shot. any ideas before I drop $150 on a new wastegate?
The truck has been hit and miss all week in regards to power, sometime I'll barely hit the throttle and she will just **** and get, other times I'll have my foot buried in it on a level surface and it will take me 60 seconds to get up to 60mph. I can hear the turbo screaming, but it feels like i have 0 boost (unfortunately i don't have any guages in it to know for sure). I checked all the turbo's plumbing and the wastegate hoses and they all seem fine. I think the actual wastegate itself might be shot. any ideas before I drop $150 on a new wastegate?
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Not getting a lot of smoke, a little at idle but that about it, I blew air into the wastegate actuator and it would start to close a little bit, but then all the air would start coming out the bottom of the actuator head making it open back up. The actuator itself is leaking like I thought.
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