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Old May 8, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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i have a my98 uk scooby which used to boost at 0.75 as standard then i put a dawes device on and it would still only boost 0.75 but was a different car to drive it flies but uses loads of juice -80 miles = £20 quid knocking about so i thought i would take the dawes off and fit new pipes and t-piece as the old one snapped then the car would'nt even reach 0.50 bar. dissconected battery for 2 hours which did no good so i put dawes back on and still only goes 0.5 bar and feels slow please help. like driving escort td again.........no trouble until now
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Old May 9, 2003 | 09:21 AM
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did u remember to install the restrictor in the new pipes?
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Old May 9, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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err no i didnt but when i took the pipe off in the first place it cracked so i chucked it...but with the dawes back on it should be the same as before i took it off should'nt it i dont know anything about turbo's thanx 4 the info m8
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Old May 9, 2003 | 02:35 PM
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make sure the spring in the dawes has sufficient tension.
eg.stretch it a bit!
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Old May 9, 2003 | 09:40 PM
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bttt please help
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Old May 9, 2003 | 10:53 PM
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not being funny but have you got it on the right way around???

the straight outlet end goes to the turbo outlet and the angled end goes to the actuator.

hope this helps!

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Old May 10, 2003 | 07:58 PM
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Might be worth cleaning the Dawes as well!
Mine was starting to stick until I cleaned it out
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Old May 12, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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bought new pipe with restrictor i found loads of cracks in my original now boosts 0.9 plus the restrictor was at an angle now it flies again but smoother than its ever been thanx 4 the info
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