Boost problem...Help please

[SupeRfasT-4]

OK recently I just got a new clutch put in, when i got the car back I noticed it sounds different, I had the Type S BOV on there with the ATP UPP and a CCA FMIC and i got it to fit good somehow, tight fit but it wasnt leaking boost, i was thinking maybe my BOV was leaking boost so I switched it to a RS, i tightened the clamps on the ATP UPP and it seems tight, but boost comes on real slow and makes a loud "whoosh" sound, even before changing the BOV it made this noise and i know its not supposed to sound like that, i cant seem to find where the leak is, i know there has to be one because the BOV isnt going off and its alot slower, any suggestions where to look for a leak? I already checked lower hard pipe and upper, and the clamps arent that great that are on there but it seems like there tight. If a clutch was put in what had to come off? So i can check what came off. Help greatly appreciated:notworthy

[hozay09]

Dude, we gotta get you up here to the shop. Help you take care of some issues your having.

[DrEdSrT4]

OK recently I just got a new clutch put in, when i got the car back I noticed it sounds different, I had the Type S BOV on there with the ATP UPP and a CCA FMIC and i got it to fit good somehow, tight fit but it wasnt leaking boost, i was thinking maybe my BOV was leaking boost so I switched it to a RS, i tightened the clamps on the ATP UPP and it seems tight, but boost comes on real slow and makes a loud "whoosh" sound, even before changing the BOV it made this noise and i know its not supposed to sound like that, i cant seem to find where the leak is, i know there has to be one because the BOV isnt going off and its alot slower, any suggestions where to look for a leak? I already checked lower hard pipe and upper, and the clamps arent that great that are on there but it seems like there tight. If a clutch was put in what had to come off? So i can check what came off. Help greatly appreciated:notworthy

bro a leak that bad is your IC piping.. nothing else would leak that bad without you hearing it come from your vac lines.. you might think a coupler is on the IC but it could be off on one lil section or whatever.. trust me

[mo'sSRT4]

even with the leak how much are you boosting?

[mo'sSRT4]

does the BOV go off when you get off the gas after flooring it?

[SupeRfasT-4]

ok the BOV doesnt make the distinct sound its supposed to make, it just makes a whoosh sound and it def sounds like a leak,i am running about 18 psi, i retightened the clamps on the couplers to the intercooler and throttle body but it seems like air is still getting through, when i boost it comes on slow and the car doesnt feel like its moving, so def something is wrong, i know it has to be the cold side pipe, but i cant find out why its leaking. It was fine before i got the clutch put in, i also noticed that the pipe doesnt line up exactly with the intercooler, its kind of on an angle, i got them on the best i could but its still leaking.

[SupeRfasT-4]

bro a leak that bad is your IC piping.. nothing else would leak that bad without you hearing it come from your vac lines.. you might think a coupler is on the IC but it could be off on one lil section or whatever.. trust me
yeh your probably right but I cant get the pipe to fit right and i cant tighten the clamps too much without them stripping, at one point the pipe wasnt even on the intercooler and oil was leaking out, the clamp was stripped so i replaeced it and tried my best lining up the pipe with the intercooler and and throttle body, it's on but the pipe hits the slave cylinder, it was a bitch to get on too, had to really force it on, i have a new pipe on the way i hope that will fit decent, but maybe its leaking where that sensor is on the middle of the pipe?

[SupeRfasT-4]

im gonna take another look at it when i get home from work at 5, or check it at work since i'm a mechanic. I'll make a boost leak tester and use the compressed air machine and see where it is. I know once i found where the leak is coming from it wont be a problem and i can fix it.

[SupeRfasT-4]

even with the leak how much are you boosting?
yeh it makes a LOUD whoosh sound of air, sounds like a HUGE boost leak, not a normal Greddy BOV sound, it did the same noise even with the Type S so the BOV is getting an unknown source of air from somewhere and making that noise, or its not getting enough, i donno.

[hozay09]

Check your pm's.

[SupeRfasT-4]

ok i think I have found the problem...I see a new TB gasket on there its kinda sticking out, they had to put a new one on cuz it ripped when they took it off, this has to be the only think causing the leak, but how do i fix it?

[SupeRfasT-4]

I just found out that the gasket for the Tb is NOT for an SRt-4, possibly for a Neon but it doesnt even match up with the TB, i can see it sticking out.

[_ReiGn_]

I didn't bother reading all the posts and it might have been benificial, but there might be a line crossed. I had that same problem and it turned out that when I put it all back together I crossed the red and pink line. The red line is suppose to go from the (insert starting point here) to the #2 solenoid, and the pink line goes from the blow off valve to the # 1 solenoid. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong in any area (which I most likely am), but that was my problem.