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hi, just wondering if any one can help.

My mates has got a s13 silvia and hes just put a fmic and after a week all of a sudden hes car doesnt run proberly. Theres no power at all. He can plant his foot and it very slowly builds up. Also when cold he car runs perfect again and when its hot and run crap again. also the it doesnt idle proberly and his car rattles so much the exhaust hits the car. I think its the timing could this be it or is there anything else.

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maybe the AFM isn't plugged in properly? they would have taken the AFM/airbox off when doing hte plumbing probably

a loose intercooler hose is a likely culprit i think too... its not hard to check to make sure as workshops are human and do make mistakes

let us know how it goes

cheers,

Warren

still havent got it fixed. someone said it has to have a breather hose running off you intercooler pipe or if you plug it up you will blow your gasket. can anyone confirm

Thats crap. Most people have a vac line running from there IC piping to the wastegate actuator/bleed valve but you can get away without it.

There is definitely a very small leak somewhere in your IC piping or joiners...pin hole size. If clamps had popped off the car would not go further than 5 meters.

yeh i did. the fmic was install at a shop. so it "should" be install correctly. a week after the fmic install thats when it all started happening. but i will double check.

cheers

haha ive seen some dodgy shops..

but i ahve removed a dump pipe with a crow bar... long story lol..

well sounds heat related

my mates S13 had probs with heat due to FMIC pipping getting hot and mucking with the AFM plug which was sitting on it.. so...

If all else fails grab a hammer and start hitting things.....no dont do that just double check everything and that all vac lines are on and all eletricals connectors are ok

haha.. nothing wrong with some force.. best way of removing items. front bars, head lights etc :P

Thanks heaps for the replies. i will check it out. Also the car does run but very slowly like there is no turbo. but his boost gauge is set to 10psi and he only get 5psi max. No pressure

The breather hose isnt connected yet. he thinks the problem is the hose. it has a bolt in it atm. and thats how he got it. i also said it couldnt be because the car was running fine for a week like it was.

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