so EOYM drags meet was sick, the drive home not so much...
(I have little to no technical knowledge and its going to be 1-2 weeks before I get time to take it to a mechanic to look at it)
Driving down the highway and went to overtake a car when I heard a pipe come off under the bonnet and I lost all power in the acceleration.
Pulled over and popped the bonnet to find that my BOV got blown off the return pipe.
Put it back on and started the car and now the idle bounces between 2k and 500rpm and its shoddy as hell to drive.
I called the donkinator for some troubleshooting tips and checked the following;
Oil - checked the dipstick and levels were fine, popped the cap off the rocker and internals looked fine and oil quality looked fine.
Water - temps were fine from the cabin but when I looked in the over flow bottle the water was practically mud looking.
Piping - all pipes (apart from the BOV) were still attached, no cracks or leaks i could find (PSI boost guage seems to be holding fine while under load)
Throttle seems to still be responsive but idle is still whacked. What I did find odd was at the start of the night I had a blown headlight and when the BOV blew off the headlight started working again so obviously something got hit / knocked.
Had a quick chat with ARC and he recommended cleaning the TB / MAF as a start to see if that makes a difference.
At a bit of a loss guys and would highly appreciate some things to look out for / check.
I have no idea is this is going to be something simple and easy to fix or something were a new engine would be required
(I have little to no technical knowledge and its going to be 1-2 weeks before I get time to take it to a mechanic to look at it)
Driving down the highway and went to overtake a car when I heard a pipe come off under the bonnet and I lost all power in the acceleration.
Pulled over and popped the bonnet to find that my BOV got blown off the return pipe.
Put it back on and started the car and now the idle bounces between 2k and 500rpm and its shoddy as hell to drive.
I called the donkinator for some troubleshooting tips and checked the following;
Oil - checked the dipstick and levels were fine, popped the cap off the rocker and internals looked fine and oil quality looked fine.
Water - temps were fine from the cabin but when I looked in the over flow bottle the water was practically mud looking.
Piping - all pipes (apart from the BOV) were still attached, no cracks or leaks i could find (PSI boost guage seems to be holding fine while under load)
Throttle seems to still be responsive but idle is still whacked. What I did find odd was at the start of the night I had a blown headlight and when the BOV blew off the headlight started working again so obviously something got hit / knocked.
Had a quick chat with ARC and he recommended cleaning the TB / MAF as a start to see if that makes a difference.
At a bit of a loss guys and would highly appreciate some things to look out for / check.
I have no idea is this is going to be something simple and easy to fix or something were a new engine would be required