hey guys i thought myself a decent amature mech till today! i was installing my vf34 and after i finished. i car wouldnt boost! and im not sure if the burning smell is the wd40 or the turbo breaking in or something seriously wrong with my car! yikes! any suggestions apart from taking to i-speed or mpj? cause im planning on that tomorow any way. haha thanks guys

chris

 

More details about the problem. No boost? Minimal boost? Stalling?

Some other problem with the injector install?

Good luck...i hate car problems.

 

haha sorry. well i have no boost at all. no stalling actually the car is running smoother. lol i had some stalling issues before when i started my car warm. its on stock injectors till tomorow when i can have either i-speed or mpj install them for me. but none the less shouldnt i still be able to boost a little? i just want to make sure my turbo is healthy and i didnt do anything to hurt my baby.

chris

 

engine management ?

 

sorry ecutek! road tuned by i-speed. i also have a fmic, and full tbe.

chris

 

some hose popped off or is leaking?

 

nope i just checked all of them and my boost gauge is working just fine. but i will check again in the day time tomorow. but that would make the most sense. although i did double check that i connected everything and nothing was just hanging around.

chris

 

did you break in the turbo?

 

was it a new vf34 or a used one?

 

it was a brand spanking new us version vf 34 and i just bought it and i wanted to make sure that the install was done properly. so after i figure out what i did and make sure i can boost i will break it in properly.

chris

 

small switch on the turbo right next to the oil outlet to the oil pan marked "BOOST", this MUST be switched to the "ON" position before installation, its a common first time mistake, unfortunatly its not easily accesable once the turbo is installed. Soory, but it will have to come back off to switch it into the right position

 

Noooo....really? why would you put that on a turbo? why god why? you would think its obvious that if someone bought a turbo then they would want it to boost right???? right??? no that cant be.....really? im so confused now....crap.

chris

 

yeah, its only on IHI turbos, I got a pic of it here somewhere I'll post up, or do a search, but they usually ship them switched "ON" anyhow, so thats kind of odd.

 

hahah tomorow is gonna be an interesting day....i have to tell me friends that my turbo has an on and off switch.... haha well atleast i konw that i wont ever make this mistake again...learn from your mistakes....but i still feel dumb.

chris

ps. thanks for all the info guys!

 

Yah I'm so glad I remember to flip the boost switch on my vf34...sorry I didn't mention it earlier. I figured you couldn't miss the switch.