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Old 01-21-2011, 06:31 PM
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how good or bad of an idea is it to clamp off the wastegate hose on these? cus i just happened to see the wastegate sitting all by it's lonesome yesterday and was like hmmmm
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 07:55 PM
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If your talking about your 96, you don't have a wastegate...

Describe what you were looking at.
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:13 PM
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what im looking at looks exactly like a waste gate
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:15 PM
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I wonder if the previous owner upgraded to a SuperDuty set up. Can you get a picture??
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:16 PM
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i'll go take a picture of it
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:21 PM
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there ya go
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:28 PM
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Definitely not a waste gate.
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:34 PM
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well what is it then the last thing i saw that remotely looked like that was a wastegate i was thinking it wasn't since it is where it is but then again it looked like one to me
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:42 PM
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That's nothing like a waste gate.
 
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:48 PM
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there ya go

That... is your HVAC control... It closes the defrost vents.
 
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