TurboDomestics
02-25-2006, 01:47 AM
My car has been acting really weird lately. I just walked a mile back home from where my DSM broke down.
Heres a list of all the problems with it, that I can think of right now:
-When driving it wont boost at all.
-When I do get it to boost, (hardly ever), it'll max out my 20 psi boost guage, an it wont go anywhere, all it does is overheat.
-The EGTs are incredibly high, I was cruising around in 2nd gear at 3000 rpm, at 0 psi, and the EGTs were up to about 1550*. This was about 2 mins before I pulled over and poped the hood. The manifold, turbo and O2 housing were all glowing red.
-Its also burning alot of oil, I can smell it but I cant figure out where its coming from, and I can see grey smoke come out of the exhaust sometimes. One time it I checked it and there was no oil on the dipstick. Not a drop. So I walked to autozone and bought some oil and filled it up.
-Whenever I try to start the car when its warm, all it does is just crank, it wont even sputter at all. And then the battery dies after about a minute of on and off cranking. It starts fine when its cold though.
-It only pulls about 5 to 10 vacuum at idle, and I can barely get it to create more than 15 when cruising.
-I has crazy exhaust leaks out of the cracked 1g manifold, I just replaced that with a semi ported 2g one.
-Its not throwing any CELs.
The stuff I have recently replaced:
-Fuel filter
-Spark plugs
-Accel wires
-K&N air filter
-Every single fluid in the car.
-Valve cover gasket
-Oil pan gasket.
-I put a new battery in, but the positive post is bent and I think its leaking battery acid. Im taking it back to Napa tomorrow.
Im guessing that there is more than one thing wrong with the car, I checked for boost leaks a few days ago, and fixed a few of them, but I did it at a gas station so I couldnt find them all.
Any ideas???
thanks soooo much
-Charlie
On a positive note, I am getting much more exercise from all the walking home, I have been doing. ;)
Heres a list of all the problems with it, that I can think of right now:
-When driving it wont boost at all.
-When I do get it to boost, (hardly ever), it'll max out my 20 psi boost guage, an it wont go anywhere, all it does is overheat.
-The EGTs are incredibly high, I was cruising around in 2nd gear at 3000 rpm, at 0 psi, and the EGTs were up to about 1550*. This was about 2 mins before I pulled over and poped the hood. The manifold, turbo and O2 housing were all glowing red.
-Its also burning alot of oil, I can smell it but I cant figure out where its coming from, and I can see grey smoke come out of the exhaust sometimes. One time it I checked it and there was no oil on the dipstick. Not a drop. So I walked to autozone and bought some oil and filled it up.
-Whenever I try to start the car when its warm, all it does is just crank, it wont even sputter at all. And then the battery dies after about a minute of on and off cranking. It starts fine when its cold though.
-It only pulls about 5 to 10 vacuum at idle, and I can barely get it to create more than 15 when cruising.
-I has crazy exhaust leaks out of the cracked 1g manifold, I just replaced that with a semi ported 2g one.
-Its not throwing any CELs.
The stuff I have recently replaced:
-Fuel filter
-Spark plugs
-Accel wires
-K&N air filter
-Every single fluid in the car.
-Valve cover gasket
-Oil pan gasket.
-I put a new battery in, but the positive post is bent and I think its leaking battery acid. Im taking it back to Napa tomorrow.
Im guessing that there is more than one thing wrong with the car, I checked for boost leaks a few days ago, and fixed a few of them, but I did it at a gas station so I couldnt find them all.
Any ideas???
thanks soooo much
-Charlie
On a positive note, I am getting much more exercise from all the walking home, I have been doing. ;)