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anyone at all? i just want to make sure that nothing was changed so i dont worry so much in driving it. Sorry i dont know much about turbo charged cars yet. im slowly getting there :)

But by turning or playin with that rod in the back of the wastegate, would that change the boost or is it totally something different?

haha alright thats all i wanted to know, i didnt want to be told where to go look at and what the causes were. I know them and i trouble shooted. My uncle turned that rod and pushed it in and out, did that change anything? Should i be scared driving it? haha

i understand but your totally skipping my question. i have been trouble shooting the vacuum system because everything else seemed ok. I just need to know if its possible that the waste gate goes out and causes a vacuum leak like im seeing

yes i know, and i know what causes it. MAF - dirty or faulty Vacuum leak like i said, i believe its leaking at the waste gate internally. which would cause it to not work. I was just seeing if someone encountered this problem or if it seems logical.

Well i bought this car about a week ago and my uncle was test driving it one day and it threw a CEL. i had it read and it was po171. We did a vacuum test on it and the hoses were at 14 psi at idle.. the rod on the back of the wastegate didnt move any. ( dont know if this is a problem or not...