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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 10:54 PM
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Hi, I have a 95 7.3L So lately my truck has been making a weird hissing sound as im driving but as its hissing the truck is slowing itself down until i press on the pedal it goes away and the turbo spools and i speed off, ever since I put MBRP exhaust on the truck it has been running like absolute ****, no power, nothing, Also The speedometer is bouncing all over the place and the truck doesn't want to go over 65 mph and it'll start chugging really bad, any ideas?
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 10:59 PM
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Make sure you didn't knock off the line that runs from your passenger intake plenum to the map sensor. You could of knocked it off while installing the exhaust.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:03 PM
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Its connected, I replaced the MAP and BP sensors because the tranny was kicking hard, it fixed it for like 6 months now its doing it again
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:15 PM
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Have you replaced the speed sensor on the rear axle? You might unplug the ebpv so you know that it's not closing when it shouldn't be.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:19 PM
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Yes I replaced it, should I unplug the ebpv and see if it stops or what? I've never messed with that before
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Griffin9
Hi, I have a 95 7.3L So lately my truck has been making a weird hissing sound as im driving but as its hissing the truck is slowing itself down until i press on the pedal it goes away and the turbo spools and i speed off, ever since I put MBRP exhaust on the truck it has been running like absolute ****, no power, nothing, Also The speedometer is bouncing all over the place and the truck doesn't want to go over 65 mph and it'll start chugging really bad, any ideas?
The hissing sounds to me like the exhaust back pressure valve closing. Look down at the bottom, and just toward the front of the compressor housing of the turbo, and there is a two wire plug there. Unplug it and just leave it unplugged and that should take care of the EBPV. It won't hurt anything to leave it unplugged.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:26 PM
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Yes I replaced it, should I unplug the ebpv and see if it stops or what? I've never messed with that before
It's the black plug in this pic.....

 
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:30 PM
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Thank you, I appreciate it, I will certainly try this in the morning and I will let you know. Would you have any idea as to why it doesn't want to go over 65 MPH? Ever since I put the exhaust on, it started doing that
 
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 12:02 AM
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Thank you, I appreciate it, I will certainly try this in the morning and I will let you know. Would you have any idea as to why it doesn't want to go over 65 MPH? Ever since I put the exhaust on, it started doing that
If that EBPV is closing, it is blocking off the exhaust and building back pressure on the engine. It is choking the engine and it will have no power at all when that thing is closed. It's purpose is to aid in warming the engine up on cold starts, but when they malfunction, they will close randomly while driving and cause a huge power loss.
 
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