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Hi guys, I was on the road on Saturday and while on boost I noticed something fall on the floor at my feet...

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Its a small bit of rubber which I assume covers a vacuum line or something similar but I haven't had a look at it in the daylight yet. Now when I drive the car without being on boost it's fine and I can't feel or hear anything unusual. However, when the car is on boost I can hear (and smell) air leaking from around the area next to the pedals. It seems to be somewhere under the dash under the steering wheel. I know it's leaking from somewhere because I can not only hear it but i can also see it on the boost gauge dropping from 17 to about 14psi...

The car is a 1993 R33 GTS-t.

If anyone has had this happen to them I'd appreciate any help as to where this rubber plug sort of thing came from or what the actual issue is.

Thanks in advance

Nev

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There really shouldnt be any vacuum/boost lines running into the cabin from factory.

So you're going to have to have a look at what lines run into the cabin via the firewall and track them under the dash. You'll probably find an old boost gauge pvc (sp) hose that some one has just blocked off when they removed a boost gauge prior to sale.

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