'smoking boost leak test'
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:11 pm
I have recently found a new dyno tuner. For all this time i've been driving around, not only was the fuel map all over the place, but ignition timing also. I sent my fuel map to Adaptronic, they saw the problems, managed to fix a few of them, and sent me back my map through email.
When i loaded the map i finally had idle from cold start, car was smoother and idles at 900rpm instead of the 1100-1200 i had before.
Drove her to the other side of town and met the tuner today. He performed a smoking boost leak test. I thought now this is great, i'd never even heard of this before so was keen to see how it all worked...
While watching the engine bay for awhile i was looking everywhere, system was full of smoke, but still no smoke to see....then after around another 30secs i notice smoke coming from between the throttle body and plenum chamber. How can i fix this? Could i put a gasket between?
Person doing the test said its very minor, he usually see's much larger leaks, so its not bad and i was really happy, because nothing that i had done was leaking!
So she wont be tuned till thats fixed and my air/fuel ratio gauge and lambda is installed, next week i hope. Heres a piccy. If anyone here is running an Adaptronic, which i'm sure they do, grab one of these, very accurate readings and plugs straight into the ecu's spare plug.
After that the tuner adjusted ignition, and fixed the wiring on my TPS switch...which i didnt wire. Amazing isnt it, the trials by fire you have to go through before you find the right tuner? They all claim this and that, etc. I told tuner it had been tuned at Creatd Motorsports and he almost flinched and just said 'Ouch'. A lot of bad tuning has been done there, and my car was one of them....
So to anyone here in Melbourne....dont go there if you love your car.
Amazing what these guys can do with just a laptop. Cant wait to go back and get her properly tuned....its only been 2 years...
When i loaded the map i finally had idle from cold start, car was smoother and idles at 900rpm instead of the 1100-1200 i had before.
Drove her to the other side of town and met the tuner today. He performed a smoking boost leak test. I thought now this is great, i'd never even heard of this before so was keen to see how it all worked...
While watching the engine bay for awhile i was looking everywhere, system was full of smoke, but still no smoke to see....then after around another 30secs i notice smoke coming from between the throttle body and plenum chamber. How can i fix this? Could i put a gasket between?
Person doing the test said its very minor, he usually see's much larger leaks, so its not bad and i was really happy, because nothing that i had done was leaking!
So she wont be tuned till thats fixed and my air/fuel ratio gauge and lambda is installed, next week i hope. Heres a piccy. If anyone here is running an Adaptronic, which i'm sure they do, grab one of these, very accurate readings and plugs straight into the ecu's spare plug.
After that the tuner adjusted ignition, and fixed the wiring on my TPS switch...which i didnt wire. Amazing isnt it, the trials by fire you have to go through before you find the right tuner? They all claim this and that, etc. I told tuner it had been tuned at Creatd Motorsports and he almost flinched and just said 'Ouch'. A lot of bad tuning has been done there, and my car was one of them....
So to anyone here in Melbourne....dont go there if you love your car.
Amazing what these guys can do with just a laptop. Cant wait to go back and get her properly tuned....its only been 2 years...