AFR problem after installing new exhaust

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Jul 20, 2009 | 09:41 PM

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lol dont worry i dont have any mud guards under the car nor splash guards on either front 2 tires lol. i was to lazy to put them back on. lol

Jul 20, 2009 | 10:21 PM

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wow, so heres an awesome story, on the way back from saint pete with my friend brock today, were on the high way, and we pull off to get gas, and i start hearing a loud freaking noise, and when i gave it gas i wasnt boosting. so we get to the gas station, i pop the hood and boom!

my waste gate bolts had come loose and one of the came out, my waste gate was hanging off the manifold my a thread. i lost the one bolt, we sat there for an hour until we found someone with a wrench, then we went to auto zone and got a new bolt...the gasket was blown out, and im gona have to lock grip the bolts...

ALSO! somehow my splash guard on the front right wheel got shredded the flip, and got stuck in my rim. i had to rip that out, so now i have no splash gaurd covering the fright right end of my car. AWESOME!

lifes great.

may have found your afr problem....wastegate bro, gata tighten down this stuff and use either lock washers or thread lock (i prefer blue cause if you need to ever get the damn thing off it doesnt take an act of congress) or hell use both...lol

Jul 21, 2009 | 04:05 PM

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yea, that makes a lil more sense as so why it may have been off, also im gona try turnin down the boost

Jul 22, 2009 | 02:41 PM

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yea, that makes a lil more sense as so why it may have been off, also im gona try turnin down the boost

So hows the car now?

Jul 22, 2009 | 10:48 PM

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right now its good at crusie and idle, right between 14.5 and 15.2...i stay outa boost as much as possble, but its around 13s in boost now. which is better than before. but justin just got tuned by luiggi down here, and im def going to him as soon as possible. he did a great job!

Jul 23, 2009 | 03:30 AM

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nice to hear but if u bought a gasket for your wastegate then LOL! u dont need to run gaskets on wastegates

Jul 23, 2009 | 10:42 AM

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nice to hear but if u bought a gasket for your wastegate then LOL! u dont need to run gaskets on wastegates

i would suggest it, exp in between the mani and wastegate. a leak there can still throw your afr's off and if big enough can prevent you from reaching full boost.

Jul 23, 2009 | 12:33 PM

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ok this is justin sooo he got a new bolt for it and last night he was driveing next 2 me and i could hear a nasty exhaust leak i was like wtf so we pulled over and that same bolt fell out again.. also the exhaust leak is comething threw the bolt hole its self that has to be what keeps pushing that bolt out... so wtf? ima get a new bolt today and a lack washer and some thread locker and see whats up.. also he tryed going WOT last night and his afr's were in the 11's $ low 12's werid

Jul 23, 2009 | 02:53 PM

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weld it on =]

Jul 23, 2009 | 08:16 PM

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ok so ptguy came over i used the bolts that came with my tial WG put lock washers on it and thread locker hopefully that does the trick no more exhaust leak.. afr's only go into the 13's in boost so he is gonna stay outta boost till he can go get tuned

Jul 23, 2009 | 08:43 PM

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nice to hear but if u bought a gasket for your wastegate then LOL! u dont need to run gaskets on wastegates

i would suggest it, exp in between the mani and wastegate. a leak there can still throw your afr's off and if big enough can prevent you from reaching full boost.

thats where u def dont need a gasket if u read the instruction it says dont use a gasket there because the lil ring u put between wastegate and manifold is the gasket... but u could double gasket