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I have a 2.7L Wildtrak with the injen pipes and a custom tune.
Car has been running great so far and the power after all the bolt on mods + tune is amazing.
Unfortunatly over the weekend we were out in the desert on some really bumpy trails and one of the charge pipes had gotten loose and hit the AC compressor.
I experienced very low boost and clearly there was an air leak.
I got the car down to the local garage and they found the damaged charge pipe. The pipes are alluminium so we just got it welded to see if that would fix it.
Now I just tested the car, its building boost quick again at low rpm and medium throttle, however it is not pulling the maximum boost like it used to before. I was getting 153kpa boost maxed out, and now only like 105kpa.
Could it be that the welding was not done properly and that I need to replace the pipe? or should I be looking for another leak? How do I even start? Could there be something else that is not allowing it to reach max boost?
The guys at Injen were really helpful and I will be ordering a new pipe.
I did some reading online and apparently alluminum is quite porous when welded and not so easy to seal properly. Pinhole leaks just move to the edge of the weld. Still, I am no expert and just trying to figure out what else it could be.
Just need to guidance on how to diagnose this. I have attached some pics of the damaged pipe and the repair itself.
Car has been running great so far and the power after all the bolt on mods + tune is amazing.
Unfortunatly over the weekend we were out in the desert on some really bumpy trails and one of the charge pipes had gotten loose and hit the AC compressor.
I experienced very low boost and clearly there was an air leak.
I got the car down to the local garage and they found the damaged charge pipe. The pipes are alluminium so we just got it welded to see if that would fix it.
Now I just tested the car, its building boost quick again at low rpm and medium throttle, however it is not pulling the maximum boost like it used to before. I was getting 153kpa boost maxed out, and now only like 105kpa.
Could it be that the welding was not done properly and that I need to replace the pipe? or should I be looking for another leak? How do I even start? Could there be something else that is not allowing it to reach max boost?
The guys at Injen were really helpful and I will be ordering a new pipe.
I did some reading online and apparently alluminum is quite porous when welded and not so easy to seal properly. Pinhole leaks just move to the edge of the weld. Still, I am no expert and just trying to figure out what else it could be.
Just need to guidance on how to diagnose this. I have attached some pics of the damaged pipe and the repair itself.
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