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  1. #1 Only 1/2 boost on gauge 
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    Just have a quick question, and would appreciate any help anyone could offer. I have a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 3.8L SC. Recently, I noticed at WOT it was only registering about 1/2 boost in the DIC. A few months ago it was reading full boost. Anyone have any ideas what is causing this? Thanks!
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    Vacuum leak. Check your lines running outta your LIM. Any cracks or even pin sized holes could cause this.
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    That's what I thought it was too, and thank you for the reply. I researched it a little more over the net, and found out it is a bad BBV silenoid. All I did is remove the vacuum line from BBV to the BBV silenoid and fixed the problem. Forgot how good the car ran before that mess-up.
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    Well that's good.. And I would bet LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Austins01GP View Post
    Vacuum leak. Check your lines running outta your LIM. Any cracks or even pin sized holes could cause this.

    A pin hole vacuum leak will not cause this. It would take a MONSTER leak. I mean to the point of unstable idle to loose boost.
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    Yeah your right no way a tiny hole would cause that much loss of boost
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