BOOST LEAK TEST???

[Batlground]

i was telling a friend today to do a boost leak test and how beneficial it is to making sure your turbo car is running right and it got me thinking. the "SRT4" is really bad about getting leaks and i do a boost leak test every month. do evo, sti, turbo honda, sr20, ect guys also do boost leaks tests this much? i know with my car just cause the gauge tells you its boosting right doesnt mean you dont have leaks and if it does the car isnt running at its full potential. so to get my question answered use the poll cause im interested in what everybody else does.

We do them when we think there is a problem.

I guess if you are confident with the work done on the car and all the connections then you dont have to do it all the time. If you have beads on all your pipes, good tbolt clamps, if all your vacuum lines have clamps on them then you should be good to go for a good period of time. I think its good to visually inspect it at every oil change.

[CHADbee]

We do them when we think there is a problem.

I guess if you are confident with the work done on the car and all the connections then you dont have to do it all the time. If you have beads on all your pipes, good tbolt clamps, if all your vacuum lines have clamps on them then you should be good to go for a good period of time. I think its good to visually inspect it at every oil change.

yeah i should take up my boost leak issues with dodge fore sure

the car is on stock intercooler, stock intercooler piping and stock vacuum lines. the intercooler and piping has never been off the car and 90% of the vacuum lines have never been removed and all of them are zip tied nice and tight.

then again these cars are bad about little leaks but it makes a difference when you lose a .5 PSI and the boost falls off faster toward redline. im pretty sure if it wasnt for boost leak tests i would have never gotten the car into 12's with $200 of HP increasing mods.

i guess other cars out there arent as bad with leaks so it isnt needed as much.