Would this damage the engine in any way? A mate of mine with a 1998 Uk Turbo had the TMIC off the other night, obviously along with the attached hoses and dump valve, and started the car up to try and get it up a ramp. But he reckoned it wouldn't rev cleanly without them attached and you could hear like a sucking sound when he was trying to rev it. So he shat himself a bit and turned it off. He is now worried it may have messed something up internally, could it have??

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oh dear thats not a good idea to do that

 

put it back together and it'll be fine.

 

Well, think about it. It's not a great idea because the engine is sucking in un-filtered air! Just don't let him do it again.

 

also maf not seeing air entering the engine so not fuelled for etc.. etc..

unlikely to do any damage unless he revved the........ it lots

 

I've had mine running like that a few times.. obviously running like that the air flow isnt being metered correctly but theres no boost wont really do any harm but it will run like a dog and overfuel like hell as the ECU will assume the MAF is faulty and use a base map which is clearly wrong with no boost

 

I'm amazed he got it to run at all! When my boost pipes came apart the car ran mega rich and cut out pretty much straight away.

 

I had to do this myself recently to shift the car out of my garage, its on a hill. It was minus intercooler, lambda and MAF.

 

Thanks for all the responces chaps, il tell him its ok; but not to do it again!

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