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What is simple check for air leak?

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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 02:57 AM
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Question What is simple check for air leak?

When I drive with window open I hear "pshhh" noise from the back. I did not have 997T long enough and wonder if that is a boost leak I hear.

Yesterday I accelerated in 4th gear to see if I could read 1.2 bars of boost but the road was too short (and the speed limit was too low) and I could only see 0.6 shortly. If I were to have a small leak on one side, would I ever see 0.6 bar pressure?

How would I easily test for a leak? Would something like accelerating in 5th/6th gear from say 30mph to 70/80mph, pedal to the metal, induce 1.2 bars of pressure?

Plugs have been changed 3k miles ago.
2 months ago the car showed 573hp on the dyno (it has exhaust and Sportec software).
 

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Went on highway, acceleration in 5th, 1.1 bar stable and goes like stink. In my book that means no boost leak. :-)
 
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