Unusual boost issues

[Confused]

Good find, that's a good £15 cheaper than direct from Mitsubishi

Certainly interesting to find that these are beginning to fail and a second hand one can't necessarily be guaranteed to be any better than the one you have...

[Grid]

I know of at least 2-3 Legnums in Poland that had a failing boost control solenoid. Also saw it on websites in Russia:

https://www.drive2.ru/l/5537970/

it seems they can be repaired too.

[Confused]

Mine was stuck, so I took it apart, cleaned it all up, freed it up, and it was working just fine on the bench.

Put it back into the car, and it stopped working again almost immediately.

[foxdie]

I thought about repairing mine too. Bit of brake cleaner and spray grease should work a treat.

[Grid]

The solenoids we looked at in PL had fried wiring, like in the pictures on the Russian website. One thing leads to another - grime in the moving part of the solenoid -> more movement friction -> more current draw in the wires -> more heat -> fried wires = dead solenoid.

[foxdie]

Well, today I went to PartBox and got their last wastegate solenoid (only 39 quid in the end!) and fitted it. Problem is resolved

Car feels so much better, and even though it's knocking a fair bit more now, I can deal with that in tune

I also asked PartBox to get more solenoids in stock, saying I'm gonna be sending people their way in future, they've said they'll talk to their supplier and let me know.

[Grid]

Amayama have these in stock for about 36GBP shipped (+ taxes). That amounts to about the same price as Part-Box, maybe a few quid cheaper.

[Blkonblkvr4]

can anyone tell me the location of the factory solenoid

[Nick Mann]

Slightly forwards and down from the throttle body. There are 2 and the boost is the furthest forward.