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Wastegate rattle

Old 09-14-2016, 05:59 PM
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I am getting some wicked rattle. If I pull off the belly pan and Jack the car up wil I have access to the turbos from the bottom to check out the wastegate arms and try tightening them?
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Well got the car up on stands and removed the splash shield by passenger axle to gain access to rear turbo. The rear wastegate arm I can rattle by hand. I think I need to adjust the arm and see if tightening helps at all otherwise I'm going to upgrade to GC lites this winter.
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Mine rattles too, can rattle it by hand. But it seems to be the rod connection, not the actual waste gate.
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I'm getting a 30ff code, have since I bought the car. Wondering if the rattle is associated to the under boost I get and not reaching target boost pressure.
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