RandyCSVT
Hard-core CEG'er
I have a problem, and I would like to think out loud with the CEG community. I dynoed my car today and got 130hp instead of the expected and previously acheived 180+hp NA. I think I have found the culprit.
Two weeks ago I got my car detailed (the engine was pressure washed even though I asked them not to....that is another story and they are not through with me). When I picked it up there was a CEL. I used my xcal and got P0340 and P1519 for the camshaft position sensor and imrc stuck closed respectively. I cleared them, and thought that maybe it was just some things that got a little too wet. I have learned to clear CEL's and wait for them to come back before fixing parts... I have spent too much money in the past chasing ghost CEL's. The CEL has not come back yet, but when dynoing the car today it lost a lot of power. The shop owner says he could not hear the secondaries opening, and I think he is right. I am thinking about switching the IMRC box out, but do you guys think there is something else I should do? I did some searching, and saw something about a how to to solder in a new piece and fix the IMRC, but that seemed only to apply to damage caused by heat. I am kind of surprised that the IMRC box may be robbing me of 50+hp! The secondaries are nice, but I never remembered them having that much power to them.
I am done venting and thinking out loud. Time to fix my car.
Two weeks ago I got my car detailed (the engine was pressure washed even though I asked them not to....that is another story and they are not through with me). When I picked it up there was a CEL. I used my xcal and got P0340 and P1519 for the camshaft position sensor and imrc stuck closed respectively. I cleared them, and thought that maybe it was just some things that got a little too wet. I have learned to clear CEL's and wait for them to come back before fixing parts... I have spent too much money in the past chasing ghost CEL's. The CEL has not come back yet, but when dynoing the car today it lost a lot of power. The shop owner says he could not hear the secondaries opening, and I think he is right. I am thinking about switching the IMRC box out, but do you guys think there is something else I should do? I did some searching, and saw something about a how to to solder in a new piece and fix the IMRC, but that seemed only to apply to damage caused by heat. I am kind of surprised that the IMRC box may be robbing me of 50+hp! The secondaries are nice, but I never remembered them having that much power to them.
I am done venting and thinking out loud. Time to fix my car.