Ya, I was going to mention that. Redlining and the knock sensor going off.
Does this guy think N9T engines and parts grow on trees? I suppose it's a
youth thing. I remember hammering the crap out of probably the first dozen
cars I owned.
If you overboost a 505 turbo, great. You'll end up scrapping it.
- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Porter" <droppedmi16@yahoo.com>
To: "Peugeot - L - Yahoo Groups" <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 88 505 Turbo S - Overboost Problem - Update
> Man, I remember back in the day, I had a sweet 86 505
> Turbo, lowered, tinted windows, K&N filter, full
> custom exaust w/(no cat), the works, I used to take it
> to the drags we'd have around town on Friday nights &
> beat down other 4 bangers, but it too developed this
> overboost problem & due to my limited high school
> mechanics experience I didn't know what it was, I just
> knew that the damn thing pulled like a V8 for about a
> week and a half then died, the detonation sensor never
> lit & I heard the pinging but since the detonation
> light wasen't on I figured it was a loose heat shield
> rattling or something, anyway I take it to my mechanic
> & he pulled the head & laughed, he says - you cracked
> the head in 2 places & the crowns of all 4 pistons
> Randy, what the hell were you doing?! Anyway I guess
> what had happened was that the wastegate diaphram had
> rotted out & thus was no longer being actuated by
> engine vaccuum so BOOST BOOST BOOST FOR
On
> ME...then...sadness & a big repair bill, we ended up
> just sticking in a different motor & tranny from my
> moms 505 turbo that she had that my sister totaled,
> that was a cheaper repair than fixing the pistons.
> --- august <august.macbeth@gmail.com> wrote:
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