Hello all,

Just joined your forums, looking forward to be "one of the guy" so to say...

I sold my 740 turbo and missed it, so I just bought a 760 turbo 5spd wagon from a charity auction...

She runs GREAT and drives well, feels like she has a lot of power, never gags and has smooth, even acceleration, but the boost only goes to the end of the white section. Never gets to the yellow no matter what I try.

My experience with bad turbos says that if the turbo is bad, one will experience erratic idle, terrible acceleration and /or smoke... there are none of these symptoms. She just won't boost. Otherwise, she drives like any other N/A car does.

I just bought her yesterday, anybody have any opinions or insight as to where to look first? I don't see any disconnected hoses...

Many thanks...

 

OOPS! Forgot to mention, she's a 1987...

 

Well, I wouldn't go by the gauge only... Does the car run and drive LIKE a turbo? If it accelerates well, and you hear the turbo spooling and doing its job, then don't worry about the gauge.