Inlet pipe

[uncletime]

OK guys i need some assistance if you can. I was taking my inlet pipe off to get to my EGR valve and well 1st it wasnt attached to my turbo but secondly there is a vacuum line that is attached to the inlet pipe. It appears that where ever the other end of the vacuum line was attached to broke off. im trying to figure out where the vacuum line from the inlet pipe goes to. im attaching a pic.

 

[Darth Vader]

That is super bad, as the other end connects to the boost control solenoid piping.

 

[cymx5]

oooo snap! Hope that salt that's on your car wasn't getting sucked up into the inlet! ...

 

[uncletime]

same here. now i have no boost. posted my explanation of my events in the forced induction section. i probably should have just wrote in here.

 

[RaiderMS3]

Its to the wastegate solenoid on the back of the motor above the turbo. Black plastic nipple thing. Mazda likes to glue that hose on it seems, I had to cut mine off to install the inlet, but a friend of mine broke his off too. It is $60 for online mazdaparts.com

http://protege5.com/vbb230/showthread.php?t=123744441&highlight=turbo+solenoid+inlet+broken

Step #4 in post #1 I think that is it.

Go here and buy it.

http://www.trademotion.com/partloca...287&callout=19&catalogid=2&displayCatalogid=0


It is #19.

 

[Dano2010]

broke my WG Sol nipple installing my CP-E inlet too. Didn't know this was such a problem. Mine was just cracked so it wasn't apparent but when looking at my AP logs I could see my boost was in the dumper and my WGDC was at 0 allot the time. logs posted under the ATR Discussion Thread. You will need to get that fixed ASAP if you want to go zoom zoom!

 

[J-Speed Inc.]

Why couldn't you drill out the old plastic fitting and replace it with a brass fitting from HD or Lowe's? Make sure you tap the hole for the proper threads on the brass fitting and it should work just fine.

Edit: Now I see the picture, he broke the OTHER fitting off, uh oh.

 

[Vord]

OK guys i need some assistance if you can. I was taking my inlet pipe off to get to my EGR valve and well 1st it wasnt attached to my turbo but secondly there is a vacuum line that is attached to the inlet pipe. It appears that where ever the other end of the vacuum line was attached to broke off. im trying to figure out where the vacuum line from the inlet pipe goes to. im attaching a pic.

Ok, two things:

your first problem with the turbo inlet not being attached, I think its reoccurring problem in general. My turbo inlet was loose when I changed it out, so was the guy who wrote the how-to on another forum and I know a few others who mentioned it in passing. Its probably because of the solid/hard plastic not being flexible enough & when temp changes happen as the physical inlet on the turbo will change in size slightly. The change is going to be different from the inlet pipe.

The second problem is your solenoid hose. Mine broke off also, not quiet the same exact fashion. mine broke off on the old inlet side, but luckily if you buy a turbo inlet, specifically the one from CP-E, it comes with a new hose. although, yours broke off at the solenoid end, which sucks balls, I think you could probably get a manual boost controller for pretty cheap, just a bit more than the $60 solution posted by flyingm.

 

[Dano2010]

yes but if you go MBC tuning boost with an AP becomes more complicated, right? The ECU is no longer controlling the WG so the Boost tables would become useless. Then if you start changing the Load tables to get higher values, again the ECU can't control WG so what happens then??

my .02

 

[JamesCH]

I broke mine off too, but some krazy glue and epoxy solved the problem!

 

[massiespeed3]

i did the same putting my PG on. i jimmy riged it by cutting the tip off at the middle of the hole. opend the hole a little bigger and made the vac tube fit then zip tied it for a tight fit and it works awsome. no more 10 lbs of boost hahahah

 

[Dano2010]

I tried that with mine, just completely broke the back nipple off the WG sol then drilled out the end and put everything back together. Trouble is, my WGDC was all over the map afterward, so I thought the orifice size was critical and the drill job was just not precise enough. Bought a new WG sol from Mazda and now everything is back to normal. Glad you were able to rig yours back together. Looks like allot of people on here have broken theirs. Somebody said Mazda glued the vac line on and I believe it.

later...

 

[massiespeed3]

oh yeah i know they did bc when i had to take needle nose to take it out of the stock vac line it had white crusty stuff lol pluse the engin heat makes it worse. i guess moazda really didnt want us to new inlet pipes hahah

 

[Dano2010]

yeah because the bent up, odd shaped OEM TIP was such a good design! I couldn't believe what it looked like when I took it out. Like someone in their garage made it up out of some old auto AC ducting or something(uhm)

 

[massiespeed3]

lol thats a good one. for the record why they made the OEM inlet like that who knows straight pipe design would of been cheaper to mass produce

 

[Dano2010]

Exactly!!