BLOWN BOOT ?
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FOREIGN GURU
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
When I blew a boot, the boot itself was OK. It was a weak clamp, so I had to get a better clamp before I gave it too much. I think it popped off at around 27lbs. Now I've made 32 and all is good. Should never need to replace the boot. It'll just pop off and need to be hooked back up.
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Take your truck out for a few test runs and really stomp on the pedal and see how much boost you can build. Most of the time if it pops, it's just a boot blowing off and you can put it back on.
Making sure the inside of the boot is clean helps. Spraying some hairspray inside the boot will give it a little extra grip. Bring some extra hose clamps with you to get by in a pinch, and if you split a boot, then yes duct tape will work. Just give it lots of wraps over the entire boot and then put the clamps back on and take it easy on the boost. The boots don't really have to be that strong to get you down the road.
So where are you going for vacation? Somewhere fun I hope?
Making sure the inside of the boot is clean helps. Spraying some hairspray inside the boot will give it a little extra grip. Bring some extra hose clamps with you to get by in a pinch, and if you split a boot, then yes duct tape will work. Just give it lots of wraps over the entire boot and then put the clamps back on and take it easy on the boost. The boots don't really have to be that strong to get you down the road.
So where are you going for vacation? Somewhere fun I hope?
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
Take your truck out for a few test runs and really stomp on the pedal and see how much boost you can build. Most of the time if it pops, it's just a boot blowing off and you can put it back on.
Making sure the inside of the boot is clean helps. Spraying some hairspray inside the boot will give it a little extra grip. Bring some extra hose clamps with you to get by in a pinch, and if you split a boot, then yes duct tape will work. Just give it lots of wraps over the entire boot and then put the clamps back on and take it easy on the boost. The boots don't really have to be that strong to get you down the road.
So where are you going for vacation? Somewhere fun I hope?
Making sure the inside of the boot is clean helps. Spraying some hairspray inside the boot will give it a little extra grip. Bring some extra hose clamps with you to get by in a pinch, and if you split a boot, then yes duct tape will work. Just give it lots of wraps over the entire boot and then put the clamps back on and take it easy on the boost. The boots don't really have to be that strong to get you down the road.
So where are you going for vacation? Somewhere fun I hope?
Im planning to go to the beach in the pacific ocean in a place named bahia Chamela and the little town named Punta Perula, with several islands in the neighborhood with quiet water, white sand, good wheater (90-70*F)
and some RV parks.
Thank you
It's a Van Gogh
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Sounds beautiful! If you post pics, all the advice will be free!
The constant torque clamps will help, and as usual Chris' advice is great. I will only ad two things. 1) it sounds bad when a boot blows, but fixing it is not hard, just greasy. 2) sometimes (I am not familiar with your setup) the boots have bumps inside that fit into grooves on the IC tubes, be sure to fit them together for a strong connection.
The next question you were going to ask, I will ask for you! Will the CEL from the blown boot reset itself, or does it need to be cleared with a scanner?
And yes, I did blow a boot today!
The constant torque clamps will help, and as usual Chris' advice is great. I will only ad two things. 1) it sounds bad when a boot blows, but fixing it is not hard, just greasy. 2) sometimes (I am not familiar with your setup) the boots have bumps inside that fit into grooves on the IC tubes, be sure to fit them together for a strong connection.
The next question you were going to ask, I will ask for you! Will the CEL from the blown boot reset itself, or does it need to be cleared with a scanner?
And yes, I did blow a boot today!
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From: Thomasville, GA
When my plenum boot blew it didn't set a CEL, the only thing I noticed was I wasn't getting more than 5psi of boost and my egt's were about 100* higher than normal.
Plus it was gutless and smoking a lot.
Plus it was gutless and smoking a lot.
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
Sounds beautiful! If you post pics, all the advice will be free!
The constant torque clamps will help, and as usual Chris' advice is great. I will only ad two things. 1) it sounds bad when a boot blows, but fixing it is not hard, just greasy. 2) sometimes (I am not familiar with your setup) the boots have bumps inside that fit into grooves on the IC tubes, be sure to fit them together for a strong connection.
The next question you were going to ask, I will ask for you! Will the CEL from the blown boot reset itself, or does it need to be cleared with a scanner?
And yes, I did blow a boot today!
The constant torque clamps will help, and as usual Chris' advice is great. I will only ad two things. 1) it sounds bad when a boot blows, but fixing it is not hard, just greasy. 2) sometimes (I am not familiar with your setup) the boots have bumps inside that fit into grooves on the IC tubes, be sure to fit them together for a strong connection.
The next question you were going to ask, I will ask for you! Will the CEL from the blown boot reset itself, or does it need to be cleared with a scanner?
And yes, I did blow a boot today!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...installed.html
Some of my boots have bumps inside and some of the tubes have grooves and other doesnt. If one of thouse without them blews or slips (sp?) I will weld a ring with a wire or something like that, at the end part of each pipe to fix that. We will see.
I dont think that the CEL will come on when one boot blews IMHO.
Thanks for your comments.
It's a Van Gogh
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From: Elk Grove, CA
This is the original post of my IC installation:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...installed.html
Some of my boots have bumps inside and some of the tubes have grooves and other doesnt. If one of thouse without them blews or slips (sp?) I will weld a ring with a wire or something like that, at the end part of each pipe to fix that. We will see.
I dont think that the CEL will come on when one boot blews IMHO.
Thanks for your comments.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...installed.html
Some of my boots have bumps inside and some of the tubes have grooves and other doesnt. If one of thouse without them blews or slips (sp?) I will weld a ring with a wire or something like that, at the end part of each pipe to fix that. We will see.
I dont think that the CEL will come on when one boot blews IMHO.
Thanks for your comments.
The boots look strong, if you have around 15psi I do not think they will blow.When mine blew yesterday I did get a CEL, but it went away this morning, so no problem. I think yours will be the same.
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FOREIGN GURU
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
BTW maybe your CEL was on for other reason, maybe low oil pressure when you step on the pedal, IDK.
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
Yeap, you are rigth, Its about 3,200 kg, aprox 7055 lbs. empty, and about 21 ft. long.
And I have read that my truck should tow it without any compliments, even doesnt feel that is back of the truck. IDK.
The problem with lost of power I have mentioned in several posts, is that at some high altitude (began at aprox. 6000 ft), seem not to have power and the turbo doesnt want to spool even at WOT and the EGTs easly went to 1200+ degrees. That was the reason I changed the MAP sensor and installed the IC.
BTW when I changed the MAP, it has hand written: ground out +4
so maybe it was failing and the PO didnt change it .
Why did you ask?
And I have read that my truck should tow it without any compliments, even doesnt feel that is back of the truck. IDK.
The problem with lost of power I have mentioned in several posts, is that at some high altitude (began at aprox. 6000 ft), seem not to have power and the turbo doesnt want to spool even at WOT and the EGTs easly went to 1200+ degrees. That was the reason I changed the MAP sensor and installed the IC.
BTW when I changed the MAP, it has hand written: ground out +4
so maybe it was failing and the PO didnt change it . Why did you ask?
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
), and the tranny doesnt drop manually, that, I also talked to Mark Kowalsky thinking that my tranny was bad, but he told me not, that I should find out other things to explain why I was loosing power.
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FOREIGN GURU
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From: Celaya, Gto. MX
Ok now I know what you meant, I tried that and the EGTs doesnt down.
