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Okay. That seems logical enough. If the wastegate actuator rod is disconnected, you won't get any boost.
What would cause the wastegate to stay shut?
I've got two turbo'd Volvos, and a friend has one (88 760T). I've never spent a large amount of time behind the wheel of any other turbo'd cars.
The 84 (intercooled) has a clutch that slips a bit, but it's fantastically easy to peg the boost gauge. A few seconds after the boost gauge moves, I can feel the car start to speed up. If I'm not careful, it feels like I'm hitting some sort of fuel cutoff (obviously K-Jet has no rev limiter). In fact, it's hard to stay out of the yellow portion of the gauge (it's got one of those Volvo tri color gauges).
The 85 takes a while to build up boost, but it feels like it has more power (probably because it's got a good clutch) than the 84. Even if I try, I can't peg the boost gauge (and I believe it's the same 12psi tri color gauge as the 84). I can usually drive around in a fairly aggressive manner and barely get the gauge into the yellow.
The 88 felt pretty powerful, but I couldn't peg the gauge on the way down from Reno. The turbo <-> AMM hose was replaced, and the CBV hoses were affixed properly.. and now it's extremely easy to peg the boost gauge and get the engine to cut out (at under 40mph). Should it really be so easy to get one of these buggers to cut out like that?
Are any of these normal? :)
- alex
'85 244 Turbo
'84 245 Turbo
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