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Old 19 November 2012, 11:03 AM
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Hi I changed all my vacume pipes off the turbo but could only get slightly bigger ones would this cause over boosting as since I did it my car is no longer running 1.3 bar
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Old 19 November 2012, 11:47 AM
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Did any of the pipes you removed have a little restrictor pill inside ??
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Old 19 November 2012, 01:01 PM
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Don't know mate they where only small vaccume pipes I think
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Old 19 November 2012, 02:24 PM
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What year car?.
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Old 19 November 2012, 02:28 PM
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1999 think I have sourced the problem I have no restrictor pill maybe this is what's causing overboosting
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If the restrictor was missing you would be underboosting on a 99 impreza turbo.
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