Boost leak

Now, as you all know, I drive my S14 finally on the road :)

And I don't regret anything :D

So far I put a good few miles on the clock and within 8 days I got pulled by the Guards once.
Not too bad, I thought it would be worse.

I've earned many funny and interested looks + racing invites.

Let me tell you one thing....if a "race car" doesn't want to race you, it doesn't mean the driver doesn't want to race.
Maybe the driver tries to save a few quid on the daily trip to work or....something is wrong with the car and a race wouldn't help much.

In my case it would have been both cases but more the 2nd one.


But not to worry!
I started to notice a slight difference while trying to speed up and go into high revs.
I quickly discovered that there must be a boost leak somewhere and then the funniest thing happened.

Today I went for NCT to check and see what is left to do.
Since I studied the NCT manual a good few times, I knew what she would fail on, since I havent had enough time to fix it all (focusing headlights, reverse light not working, wheel alignment, emissions, and small stuff).

The funny thing is, that the elderly NCT mechanic, didn't fail me on the boot lock (which is cable tied down as its broken) and the 2 front tyres who have no E mark on. All 4 tyres are as good as new though.

Anyway. In the end she only failed on what I was expecting, so no bad surprises or anything.
I also have most of the stuff almost sorted and just need to order a few things to finish her and make her ready for NCT.

But coming back to the boost leak.
Funnily enough, when I wanted to drive the car after the NCT test, she suddenly would not idle and put out lots of dark smoke.
I was horrified as I had to go to work right afterwards. and was nicely dressed for it and all.

Thank god I got my cute little "emergency" tool box the week before with all the essentials in it in case of the case.

I was able to improve the leak a little, and was able to see why i had it at all.
The silicon pipe-connection thing between the turbo outlet (not sure if its called like that) and the pipe was melting besides the manifold.
Therefore it started to blow up around the edges and caused the leak.

At home (after I made it to work and safely back home) I took everything off and was able to properly fix it and put it back on.
Now she runs and idles smooth like a baby again :)

I somehow really like when stuff doesn't fully work, makes me look into it more and creates a better understanding for the car.

Yaaaay.