Boost Solenoid Maintenance

[LTS60]

Go to the first page mate

[4ST-XR6]

Mine worked awsome..... for one day then it was back to normal.

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If the car only got better for a few days the solenoid could be sticking to the point where the spray doens't have a lasting effect, you could try a borrowing a mates solenoid who has had success, then buy a new one and lube it regulary from day one. I'm yet to actually monitor the solenoid duty cycle with the pds and make recordings before and after to get some hard evidence that it works, It feels like it made a difference to my car and other people agree, just wanted some figures just out of curiosity

[mbjunior99]

So in that case is every 10,000km's enough? Or should it be done on a more regular basis?

[loopism]

Off the topic of maintenance, are there any aftermarket solenoids that the ECU could drive - either with or without an edit?

[RAP1D]

I use an mbc instead of the solenoid... works better for me

[mbjunior99]

I use an mbc instead of the solenoid... works better for me

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What is the benefit of using one of these? Do they need lubricating every 10000km?

[loopism]

mbc ... Manual Boost Controller? aka bleed valve?

Care to elaborate why you use this rather than the solenoid? You got me interested

Edited 21/02/07 03:47 AM by loopism

[tab]

...not for the faint-hearted though

[5INFUL]

I have done this to my car and it made a huge difference, but then again when my battery went flat and I replaced it did the same thing, so it got my wondering does disconecting the battery and reseting the computer make the difference not the solenoid?

[pelican]

I did this on my car over the weekend, and it's definitely helped.... my cars been feeling lethargic of late.... but after this little 10 minute fix, it's certainly feeling like it used to......

I think my car still has issues though, as it does not seem to pull as hard or for that matter as quietly as it used to...... and it's only got 38,000km on the clock.......