dont you hate it when your drving your GN and your ______ falls off?

[Reaper]

wastegate rod falls off!


man what a sinking feeling you get when that happend you hear a pop, then you have no power, your trans shifts funny, and you have NO Power!
i was pulling out of my mechanics garage when i snapped the throttle to show off a bit, heard a pop and lost power drove home sh!ting my self. popped the hood and was very releived!

 

[86brick]

Yeah sort of like when you blow off the intercooler hose...... All the smoke comes from the front of the car and it feels like the tranny is slipping nasty..... It sucks at first, but then you feel very happy to know it's nothing serious!

 

[Nick Micale]

Originally posted by Grim Reaper
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i was pulling out of my mechanics garage ......[/B]

 

[equalizer442]

you dont do you own work???!!! FORSHAME na keep seeing them mechanics you will put money in my pocket some day

 

[Taffy]

Atleast he put the clamps on that hold the up pipe to the Intercooler. That will also make you lose power (and think you just popped a head gasket).

 

[krom]

Re: Re: dont you hate it when your drving your GN and your ______ falls off?

Originally posted by Nick Micale

Karma is a wonderful thing.

 

[Ryan87GN]

Or don't you hate it when your about 3/4 the way down the dragstrip and the vaccum line blows off the compressor housing fitting, your boost jumps from 23 to about 35psi, and you get 38.6 degrees of knock, and a big cloud of white smoke?

 

[Reaper]

for nick and dennis, my GN is fine and running well (as far as i know) i had my jeep down at 1st performance fixing what i had failed to look at. my distributor gear was stripped i was checking on the status. i should have been more clear on that!


i am still loyal!

 

[equalizer442]

Or don't you hate it when your about 3/4 the way down the dragstrip and the vaccum line blows off the compressor housing fitting, your boost jumps from 23 to about 35psi, and you get 38.6 degrees of knock, and a big cloud of white smoke?

thats it! where did i put them damn zip ties.

 

[lyonsd]

Originally posted by Grim Reaper
wastegate rod falls off!

Don't you have that itty bitty clip that keeps it from coming off?

 

[Sleeper-6]

Yeah.....That f$%& $#% little bitty F$%&(n clip. I hate that thing. I'm going to buy them in bulk soon. I'm getting tired of losing mine.

 

[bar87]

brand new wastgetgate actuator...clip falls off... no boost, ok ill fix it when i get home... open the hood... nothing but a threaded rod there, the other part vibrated right off the car... $90 well spent d'oh got myself an alligator clip (and another $90 actuator) no problems yet oh well u live u learn

 

[dthrock]

Originally posted by Sleeper-6
Yeah.....That f$%& $#% little bitty F$%&(n clip. I hate that thing. I'm going to buy them in bulk soon. I'm getting tired of losing mine.

Get yourself a roach clip, errr a clip like the dentists use to hold your bib on with Thats what I use to hold my rod on. 2 yrs with the same clip, never comes off and is much easier to put on and off. Watch out though it gets hot between those runs at the track

If you want you can even attach a wire to it so if it does fall off it doesnt get away.

Dave

 

[microELVIS]

Those clips that hold the cuise thingy at the throttle body also work well. Easy to take off, and the price is usually right for one of those.

 

[Whitettype86]

Dathan,

Just be glad you were not getting on the freeway here. I had it happen right when I was getting on the I-10. I was dumb founded and had my Mfg Boss in the car taking him to the airport.
He said, I thought this car was fast. I looked over and said I guess the car does'nt like u Well I dropped him off and went to the nearest gas station by the airport which seemed 20 miles Opened the hod and looked for a missing vacuum hose off the turbo and found that the rod clip fell out or something. I used the Cruise control clip off the C/c Vacuum accuator and seemed to fix the problem.

Its always nice to have two or three clips or something for that rod

 

[TylerDurden]

hehe I have "loaned" one to jack cotton at the nats in OH, never did get it back ....

but the worst is when you are driving down the highway (on a bridge over a river) and you lose a TTOP in the river.....thats a little worse than a clip

 

[turboscott]

I have gone thru a couple clips and my kept popping off. At first it scared me cuz I thought something went seriously wrong but now I am used to it. In fact I carry a tool in the car with me so the next time it comes off I can pop it back on when it is hot. I currently have one of the wire tires you find on a loaf of bread holding the rod on and it hasn't popped off in a few weeks.

 

[Granny 2]

Originally posted by dthrock
Thats what I use to hold my rod on.

 

[dthrock]

Originally posted by Granny 2

Ok no cracks about only needing a roach clip to hold it on with either

 

[Weazel]

blowing stuff up

Doing a search I hit this thread and had to laugh. Yesterday I was showing my GF's bro how awesomely fast my car was. Just into the boost enough for the alcohol to kick in, and POW. No power, car stumbles, and my psycho-somatic side told me that there was smoke pouring out of the back (which there wasn't). I limped to a gas station and checked for blown head gaskets and noticed the up-pipe had blown completely away from the TB. Whoopsie!!! Time for some beefier hoses I think!

I was relieved, but still felt like a bonehead. Thankfully I heard a few "holy $H!+" s while we were accelerating, so he got the point.

The roach clip has always worked for me (knock on wood). Now if I can just find some decent HOZE.