Vxr2010

Strange boost issue today , it went into limp mode , no cels no stored codes old or new , i checked all the piping including taking the interwarmer off but no sign of any leaks , car drove fine but max boost was .5 , i cleaned the boost solenoid and it went back to normal it actually seemed to boost better , very strange , fingers crossed it appears to be solved

Vxr2010

i had to buy a second hand boost solenoid , not too bad at 20£ so issue solved now , yes sometimes they can be cleaned but not this time , boost is much better on the car now so must have been getting slightly worse over time

Hawkeye D

Happy days man!


It's great when problems are solved as simply as that.

Gambit

iTrader: (6)

out of curiosity did you hard wire the boost solenoid to the battery when initially cleaning it out?

Vxr2010

hi no i just sprayed it i could hear it moving inside as i did i just gave each pipe a blast of carb cleaner as it worked last time on my foz , it's surprising how much things improved with a working part , i had same issue on my fsti prob 5 or 6 years ago and a clean sorted it , so when it lacked boost i had an idea of the possible problem , at the same time i also had coolant getting high on the expansion tank , i heard the rad cap making noise so swapped that out i was thinking hg issue but all appears ok now , caps seem to fail with age and mileage