300zx overboost?! HELP!

[bartZ32tt]

I just purchased a 300zxtt on this forum two weeks ago. I checked all the fluids and set the boost low and took her for a little spin. Everything was fine until the next day when I took the z out on a longer trip. Not gonna lie, I gunned it a little but the boost was still set low and wasn't WOT. It cut off on me and ever since has ran differently.

However, I also noticed the oil pressure dropped. I was thinking it was just the oil pressure sender unit, because I let it sit a couple of days and started it up and the psi was back to normal. I then took her down the road and she drove just fine until I turned around to head back, which is when the psi dropped again. When this happens, I get rough idle and hard hesitation under acceleration. I took the front bumper off today so I could get it up on ramps to unclog the sender unit only to find this:





The previous owner told me, "I plumbed the recirc lines into one so it's running only one bov". Obviously by bov, he means a hole with duct tape around it. Needless to say I'm very upset and worried about any damage caused to my car.

Sorry for the long post, but I just want to be thorough and get a well-directed response as to what I should do. What damage might've been done and can I just slap a bov on the existing hole and be fine? Should I find stock recircs and put them in instead? To be honest, this is my first turbo-charged car and I dont know much about the forced induction side of it. All help is appreciated.

[evildky]

thats some ghetto fab right there!

I suspect he had a bov on there and that you blew it off, with the recirc hoses open you are loosing mass amounts of metered air and the car can not run right

step one, remove his ghetto fab hoses, and put stock recirc valves back in

[ztommyx]

i'd sued the mofo who sold you that car.who in their right mind would duct taped a BOV.

anyhow i have two stock ones if your interested. pm me.

[dozug]

that sucks. find out why previous owner did that and get estimate for the repair..

[Z_Fanatic]

Just when you think you've seen it all.

[Z32TT]

wow thats crazy who the f*ck tapes a bov on to the pipe?lmao that is deff the reason your car is running bad didnt you feel the bov fall off after you stepped on it? btw where the oil cooler is it looks pretty dented up

[bartZ32tt]

thanks for all the quick responses. ztommyx, you have a pm. The oil cooler and cross member are like that because two owners before me jumped the curb. I have a replacement for both. I definately would've felt the bov come loose but I doubt there even was one when I received it. I just hope to god no damage was done to the engine...

[Z32TT]

their deff was a bov their and it fell off it had to fall off after you stepped on it duct tape is not going to hold that when boosting, you shouldnt of messed anything up just get the stock recirc valves and put them on and your set to go, btw what idiot member was this?

[sdhsbaseball]

All I have to say is epic fail right there

[Z31toZ32]

damn tommy.. do you have a junkyard in your backyard? you have a spare part for everything!!

[bartZ32tt]

All I have to say is epic fail right there

undoubtedly. Recircs on and running much better.

[ztommyx]

over 11 years of owning the Z, i got just about every part

[VacuumLeakZ32]

All I have to say is epic fail right there

undoubtedly. Recircs on and running much better.

So did rerunning that hose from the bov into the piping(I'm assuming that's what you Guys meant by records?) fix all the problems? Including overboosting?

[VacuumLeakZ32]

^ recircs***