The Broken Fiat Club

MadFiat wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 10:31 am Mine has never made noise when checking crack pressure. It's possible it has an internal leak which would make it harder to hold boost.

You mean internal as inside the turbo correct? I’m praying my wastegate flapper isn’t worn out...

Anyone?? I found a hole in one of my FMIC pipes. Fixed that, but still having the same issue. Also replaced the wastegate solenoid...

So I’m currently running EC Phase 2 and this morning I noticed boost dropped to 18PSI, and I hear it dumping. Went home hooked up my boost pressure tester, and around 18-20PSI I see the wastegate move and then I get this annoying whine as it moves. Keep in mind I’m running the oem actuator and I’ve ...

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MadFiat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:42 pm Seems they had a bad batch. Anyone have an idea what age the bad ones are?

Mine were from March of this year.

Was able to find some time to hook up the boost leak tester. Put pressure in and it won’t even hold 1psi . Look down and I see the hot side pipe about 2” front be turbo has a nice rip in it . Contacted Chris @EC and we’ll get this under control lol thanks everyone

Sounds like you are leaking boost somewhere. I'd start with the simple stuff like hose clamps on the intake side first. What setup are you running, i.e. what intercooler, wga/BoV etc? I’m running EC FMIC, OEM WGA, GFB DV+ and Torque Solutions BOV Adapeter. I was wondering if my WGA Could have messe...

I’ve been running E+D Phase 2 with Pops and Bangs for about 2-3 months. Had little hiccups and quirks but all was fine. I know I need to get rid of my cat and upgrade my coilpacks. For the past few days it’s been running at 18psi and it sounds like it’s dumping boost out of the BOV (or possibly a bo...

Seems like FiatTech is officially gone now,sadly. Hoping all the people who were active over there come to this forum now. I have a 2013 Grigio Abarth with a good amount of mods. Sadly everything got deleted in FiatTech so now I have to restart . Let’s make this a good one!