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something weird on the turbo

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:50 pm
by xxervio
Ok so today i went over a buddies house and we were putting on my CAI and we noticed this weird contraption, take a look below

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so this little device if thats what you want to call it is hooked to the WGA bar and the other end is hooked to a spring that is hooked to the battery tray. I'm guessing this is a poor mans way to make more boost??? i am not sure since i am sort of a newb when it comes to turbos.

Another question, while we were doing the CAI install i noticed there was some oil coming out of the turbo. looks like there was oil in the stock air box as well. I'm guessing this means i need to rebuild the turbo or ??? please advise me :)

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:50 pm
by unsuper man
yes, its a spring mod. take it off. it makes the car run like shit most of the time. also the oil is fine. neons just run on oil.

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:18 pm
by fflores
Remove the spring... the spring mod works for about 5 minutes.

You will see oil in the turbo inlet as a result of blow by from the pcv valve, you will also find oil in the hotside pipe if you ever pull that off the intercooler. Its normal, get a catch can and it should fix the problem