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out last nite in my 93 import wrx when it suddenly stopped boosting properly normally hits just under 1 bar and i could only reach 0.5 bar stayed like that for awhile then cruising home at 70 on the motorway put my foot down boosted back up to just under 1bar, after a little while i was on full boost and it started fluctuating and dropped back down to 0.5 bar ??????????? would i be right in suspecting the boost solenoid?????
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cleaned it all out and still not boosting above 0.5 bar also been told it could be my acctuator are these prone to going weak? is it a case of a new acctuator or just tighten it up?
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ive blown all the pipes through with carb cleaner and cleaned the solenoid out it clicks away fine when the green connectors are togeather going to check acctuator later and replace all vacuum hoses
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there is plenty of posts on here saying how to adjust the std acctuator incase its gone weak????????? if the acctuator is fully open at 0.5 bar how can std boost of just under 1 bar be accheived???????????
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Crack on and adjust it then. The BCS by its very name controls the boost not the wastegate actuator. If you put a pipe from the wastegate to the turbo nipple and bypass the BCS then it should boost to max 0.5 bar, give it a try.
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