turbo gone crazy, how to fix FYI

[ebockus]

i have a boost gauge in my car, lucky me it helped solve my problem. i noticed my boost all over the place, none when i needed it, lots when i dont. NO power, jerky throttle. anyway, i suspected it had something to do with the turbo, or fuel. anyway on the rear drivers side of your valve cover theres a little group of vacuum lines, one popped off, whew!! what a releief. hope this helps someoe in the future.

[Seatman]

Yeh you need them connected for sure, you have a vnt type turbo and it uses the vacuum to alter these vanes in the turbo to increase boost so no vacuum = no boost. There's various info around and you can also youtube the vnt to see how it all works.