Hello everyone. I am a new owner of an 89 9000 5spd and I am running into a little issue. In second gear up under load and full boost (10 psi), at 4k rpm there is massive power loss. it continues until 5k. That 1k takes a long time to progress. Boost never tapers off but power is surgey and nowhere near full thrust.
Here is a list of what has been done to the car (this problem existed before these changes):
New E3 plugs
New cap & rotor
New wires
some new vaccum lines
cleaned mass air
cleaned apc cont.
3in cat back
auto meter boost gauge
After cleaning the mass air and the apc the problem cleared up for one night but was back the next day. Also when the power loss occurs it is running rich (can smell fuel). The power loss and rev slow down is slightly less the higher the gear, but is still very noticable. Do I need to run a pressure test to search for leaks (vaccum/ boost)? could the apc be bad? Do I need to reset the ecu? Any help to get pointed in the right direction would help.
Thanks.
Here is a list of what has been done to the car (this problem existed before these changes):
New E3 plugs
New cap & rotor
New wires
some new vaccum lines
cleaned mass air
cleaned apc cont.
3in cat back
auto meter boost gauge
After cleaning the mass air and the apc the problem cleared up for one night but was back the next day. Also when the power loss occurs it is running rich (can smell fuel). The power loss and rev slow down is slightly less the higher the gear, but is still very noticable. Do I need to run a pressure test to search for leaks (vaccum/ boost)? could the apc be bad? Do I need to reset the ecu? Any help to get pointed in the right direction would help.
Thanks.