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Okay, so I just did a quick check. The first thing I looked at was the intake elbow. I agree with lil goat that it's pretty flimsy. It was obvious to me that the upstream side of the elbow was coming off of the intercooler pipe. It seemed to be on tight, but was slipping off. I had to loosen it a great deal to slide it all the way back on and re-tighten it. The engine side was connected all the way, but was only finger tight. I had to turn it several times to tighten it up. I'm going to take her out for a ride tonight to see if I can notice an improvement....it does look like I was losing boost.

I'm going to be ordering my Dejon intake elbow tonight as well as all new T-bolt clamps.

Lil goat, if you could point me in the direction of the specific silicone bits you ordered I would appreciate the additional help!

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2007 Deep GXP - M5, Loaded w/o OnStar
Mods: JPM Custom Shifter - Stubby Ant - WindRestrictor - Dejon TB Elbow - Dejon BOV Spring - JPM Center Console - JPM Visor Covers - Wester's Tune
Future Mods: delayed due to European Vacation!!

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	Moose GXP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, MI	Okay, so I just did a quick check. The first thing I looked at was the intake elbow. I agree with lil goat that it's pretty flimsy. It was obvious to me that the upstream side of the elbow was coming off of the intercooler pipe. It seemed to be on tight, but was slipping off. I had to loosen it a great deal to slide it all the way back on and re-tighten it. The engine side was connected all the way, but was only finger tight. I had to turn it several times to tighten it up. I'm going to take her out for a ride tonight to see if I can notice an improvement....it does look like I was losing boost. I'm going to be ordering my Dejon intake elbow tonight as well as all new T-bolt clamps. Lil goat, if you could point me in the direction of the specific silicone bits you ordered I would appreciate the additional help! __________________ 2007 Deep GXP - M5, Loaded w/o OnStar Mods: JPM Custom Shifter - Stubby Ant - WindRestrictor - Dejon TB Elbow - Dejon BOV Spring - JPM Center Console - JPM Visor Covers - Wester's Tune Future Mods: delayed due to European Vacation!! NASSOA Founding Member