location of the wastegate actuator on an SE

nbse2 · Postby **nbse2** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:07 pm

I am trying to locate a tech guide/posts/anthing that detail and show the location of the wastegate actuator on an SE. The only thing that I found was information on the flyinmiata website but still have no idea where it is. :oops:

http://www.flyinmiata.com/support/instr ... intake.pdf

If anyone can assist that would be appreciated.

Cheers

vrmmmpshhh · Postby **vrmmmpshhh** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:26 pm

On the front of the turbo there should be a (gold??) round canister with a rod that runs to the back of the turbo. There should also be a vacuum hose going into that canister. I'm guessing the low mount SE makes it a bitch to get at.

SalonRacing · Postby **SalonRacing** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:12 pm

See pic, it will be hard to see if you have all the intake etc. hooked up.
I assume you want to put some kind of bleed valve in there to control boost?
If you still have all the factory stuff on your SE you will see the factory boost solenoid mounted to the front of the rocker cover you can intercept the wastegate vac line there. In fact you can mount your boost control to the same mount and just plug it into the vac lines, you will have to leave the factory solenoid plugged in or short the wires with a resistor so the ECU doesn't throw a fault code.

If you are not 100% sure that you are looking at the right thing you can try unplugging it and reading the fault code, then you will know you have the right thing.

nbse2 · Postby **nbse2** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:03 pm

SalonRacing wrote:See pic, it will be hard to see if you have all the intake etc. hooked up.
I assume you want to put some kind of bleed valve in there to control boost?
If you still have all the factory stuff on your SE you will see the factory boost solenoid mounted to the front of the rocker cover you can intercept the wastegate vac line there. In fact you can mount your boost control to the same mount and just plug it into the vac lines, you will have to leave the factory solenoid plugged in or short the wires with a resistor so the ECU doesn't throw a fault code.

If you are not 100% sure that you are looking at the right thing you can try unplugging it and reading the fault code, then you will know you have the right thing.

Perfect, thankyou for that. In the engine compartment, my SE is standard. I intend on installing a manual boost controller. Hopefully it will improve things a little bit.