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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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can some 1 help please i got my car back today i had the sparkplugs done
when driving home all i can get is 10psi when i shoud get 14psi
this is driving me round the bend i can not think wot it can be
it is on a t uk2000
i think it is over filled with oil as well
so have thay put the right plugs in my car or is it some thing moor than that
please can some 1 put some light on this
many thanks
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by anthony300l
can some 1 help please i got my car back today i had the sparkplugs done
when driving home all i can get is 10psi when i shoud get 14psi
this is driving me round the bend i can not think wot it can be
it is on a t uk2000
i think it is over filled with oil as well
so have thay put the right plugs in my car or is it some thing moor than that
please can some 1 put some light on this
many thanks
can a unclean dump v have a part in this as well
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 09:16 AM
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overfilling it with oil wouldn't have helped.

can you check the plugs yourself?

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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by myblackwrx
overfilling it with oil wouldn't have helped.

can you check the plugs yourself?
i am going to at the weekend i think thay should be ngkprf7b's 0.7 gap
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Plugs should be fine but always worthwhile checking.
Any leaks or blows from any of the hoses?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by myblackwrx
Plugs should be fine but always worthwhile checking.
Any leaks or blows from any of the hoses?
i have a leak from the rad i put radweld in the rad i think a better get a new rad and give it a good flush out
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Don't think a leak from the rad would cause your boost problem, i did mean a leak from the boost pipes
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by myblackwrx
Don't think a leak from the rad would cause your boost problem, i did mean a leak from the boost pipes
lol sorry fella thay are all ok i think i did see that the air box is not closeing
right / right in the moring you can here the dumpv pisssssssssssssst
but when the car gets up to temp it gos just like you are sat in traf /heat soke i whent out 10min ago up the m40 nice a cold first 15min all ok pisssssssssst 10psi/12psi and then noting i still get 10psi/12psi but no pissssssssssssssst hop this helps
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