davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 17y 8m 2d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 12/04/07 12:17 PM Share Posted 12/04/07 12:17 PM There are 2 hoses that run on to the solinoid.Is it the top hose or the bottom?And what does it do anyhow? I mean it looks like a hose that's clamps on to a plastic tube. How does it move or whatever that lube helps it? Yes I am challenged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpsxr6t Member 112 Member For: 17y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/04/07 11:17 PM Share Posted 18/04/07 11:17 PM did this last night 2 mine...it is awesome...deffinitely pulls hard as now....hasnt gone that hard since ive owned it.I would definitley recommend this 2 all T owners!!!I dont hav small hands but I could do it wit the battery in....was quite fiddley but eventually once I could c wat had 2 b done took like 5mins....I dont do that much tricky stuff under the bonnet but I found this pretty easy... if it starts 2 stop working ill jus do it again...it deffinitely pulls harder everywhere in the rev range...spools quicker....its great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 17y 8m 2d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/04/07 10:25 AM Share Posted 24/04/07 10:25 AM did this last night 2 mine...it is awesome...deffinitely pulls hard as now....hasnt gone that hard since ive owned it.I would definitley recommend this 2 all T owners!!!I dont hav small hands but I could do it wit the battery in....was quite fiddley but eventually once I could c wat had 2 b done took like 5mins....I dont do that much tricky stuff under the bonnet but I found this pretty easy... if it starts 2 stop working ill jus do it again...it deffinitely pulls harder everywhere in the rev range...spools quicker....its great!I found an easier way to do it. I took the car to KPM and they did it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMKIITURBS Member 16 Member For: 17y 7m 8d Gender: Male Location: Wynyard, TAS Posted 27/04/07 08:03 AM Share Posted 27/04/07 08:03 AM There are 2 hoses that run on to the solinoid.Is it the top hose or the bottom?I can vouch for the effectiveness of this simple mod.Took the MKII Turbs to the dealer today and had them do this.DEFINANTLY can notice the difference.The boost comes on harder and stronger and the car feels fantastic. What a great little thing to pick up.Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meggs_83 Member 114 Member For: 17y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Esperance Posted 06/05/07 09:41 AM Share Posted 06/05/07 09:41 AM (edited) much improvement, moved my bov further back too, now I can hear it in the cabin Edited 06/05/07 09:42 AM by Meggs_83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhute0 Member 55 Member For: 17y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: Bordertown SA Posted 09/06/07 11:12 AM Share Posted 09/06/07 11:12 AM Did this today. Was very thorough. Removed the whole solinoid, the vac lines etc. Cleaned the whole lot out with wd40/brakeclean. Don't actually know if there was an improvement because of this though. The reason being that the line returning from the intercoller to the throttlebody was half off . I have no idea why I never heard this from inside the car . So replaced this, put DECENT clamps on all the lines carrying boosted air and the thing goes like an absolute rocket now .Also turned the stealth fx BOV down to nearly nothing cos it used to sh*t me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUMO Donating Members 476 Member For: 17y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: SYDNEY Posted 09/06/07 11:42 AM Share Posted 09/06/07 11:42 AM Hi peopleI did this to my car about 3 months ago big difference, BUT the next morning the car started to go like my dads EA. You can hear boost come on, but no BOV sounds at all. I put a boost tacho on it last week and the car was only showing 2psi from 2000rpm til 4000rpm when it hit 6000 rpm (red line) it hits 3 psi.Could I have pulled the hose of the turbo when doing the mod? will this be the cause of my T goin like sh@t?Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truongski Member 129 Member For: 17y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 18/06/07 12:15 PM Share Posted 18/06/07 12:15 PM hello,I tried to take the battery out, but the box is f'd! how the hell are you supposed to get it out?? anyway. I just disconnected the intercooler pipe, undid the bolt and it was more than enough room to get in there.after spraying some wd40 in there, I noticed the bottom line was fell off the turbo end. it didn't have a clamp or anything. would you recommand clamping this hose?took it for a drive, I didn't know if there was an improvement (driving festiva all day - anything is improvement) but it sort of does feel that there is better acceleration.good stuff zap. I know this thread is fairly old, so has anyone decided how often this maintenance should be done?regardsT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHO XRT THE PSYCHO XRT Donating Members 1,275 Member For: 18y 11m 22d Gender: Not Telling Location: At the lights! Posted 18/06/07 12:24 PM Share Posted 18/06/07 12:24 PM I just did mine on the weekend. I normally carry out this maintenance every 5000kms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 18/06/07 12:28 PM Share Posted 18/06/07 12:28 PM ... so has anyone decided how often this maintenance should be done?Whenever it feels a bit sluggish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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