Ok, so I finally got all of the components for my turbo system together and installed but it seems like there is a problem. The turbo is a factory system from a 93 or 94. I go to start it for the first time and I get nothing from the boost gauge, in-fact, when I rev it, it actually pulls vacuum of a couple psi. The turbo is spinning and I don't really see any leaks around the intake hat. I used a new gasket at the base of that and used permatex on the horn side of the gasket. I put a new o-ring between the snail hat and the turbo.
This is what I know...
*When I sprayed carb cleaner around the base of the intake hat and at the connection between the hat and the turbo the idle didn't change at all.
*The turbo is definitely spinning, but I don't know how fast it should be.
*I know the turbo is getting oil, because the feed tube is hot.
*I turned the injection pump up about 1 flat; there is zero smoke in the exhaust.
*No turbo whistle at all.
*I can create about 1 psi on the boost gauge by blowing on it, so I think the gauge is ok.
I didn't drive it much more than a trip around the block because the rear section of the exhaust is not connected yet. It doesn't feel as peppy as I would expect from what everybody says.
Can't tell if I've got a leak at the up-pipe slip joint or not, but you'd at least expect SOME positive boost. The truck is quieter than I would have expected given that the exhaust pipe ends after the down pipe. I think I've got the wastegate hooked up right, when I pull on the wastegate rod it definitely moves, but doesn't change anything. The spring in there is pretty stiff.
What could be wrong here? Thanks everybody!
This is what I know...
*When I sprayed carb cleaner around the base of the intake hat and at the connection between the hat and the turbo the idle didn't change at all.
*The turbo is definitely spinning, but I don't know how fast it should be.
*I know the turbo is getting oil, because the feed tube is hot.
*I turned the injection pump up about 1 flat; there is zero smoke in the exhaust.
*No turbo whistle at all.
*I can create about 1 psi on the boost gauge by blowing on it, so I think the gauge is ok.
I didn't drive it much more than a trip around the block because the rear section of the exhaust is not connected yet. It doesn't feel as peppy as I would expect from what everybody says.
Can't tell if I've got a leak at the up-pipe slip joint or not, but you'd at least expect SOME positive boost. The truck is quieter than I would have expected given that the exhaust pipe ends after the down pipe. I think I've got the wastegate hooked up right, when I pull on the wastegate rod it definitely moves, but doesn't change anything. The spring in there is pretty stiff.
What could be wrong here? Thanks everybody!