What a crappy weekend...
 

Sooo, this weekend started out sitting in traffic and glancing down at my temp guage to see it going above normal on my 90 Talon Tsi AWD. So I pull off to the closest parking lot to let it cool down and look under the hood, of course everything was too hot to really check it out so I decided to leave it and come back later. I get the car home later that night check the coolant and it is low, and I mean I probably put a gallon in it. Then I started it up and let it idle, as it starts to warm up I see the white smoke from the exhaust, so I think the headgasket it shot. Next day I goto Brookdale mitsu pickup the HG,TB,Tensioner, Balance belt, then run over to Modern Perf. and picked up the ARP headbolts for the car, go home and start to work on it, I took the Exhaust Manifold out and look at the turbo and it is f'd..... and I look at how much work to do the tb,tensioner,and hg and wish I would have just payed someone to do it.... checked with a friend he can't look at it for 1-1.5 weeks :( I hate car pooling to work.......



Anyways, questions I have, Turbo... Rebuildable? buy a new one ?

I am almost tempted to hire someone to just finish this HG/TB Replace/Install for me...


I was suppose to pull the motor on my chevelle this weekend not work on the talon....... :( :( :(

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

It's safe to say that overheating wouldn't chew up the compressor wheel like that.

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lol, yup :) I did notice some studder in the boost in the last few weeks, but it would still pull just fine, just another thing to add to a broken down car :( getting married in october so I can't throw all the money I wish I could at it .....



So where is a good place for having that turbo rebuilt? or should I swap in something else?

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

Sounds like a good excuse to upgrade! EVO III 16g, 20g or PTE would fit the bill nicely!

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Yup, MHI Evo3 16g would be the easiest/best bang for your buck there.

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lol, what are the costs >:)

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Check with the locals, MAP, LSE, DB.

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I posted in the Lse thread, so I guess you suggestion is don't rebuild just replace?

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

Pretty much. Doesn't make sense to replace a faulty part with another stock part when there's much better upgrades out there.

But yea, looks like we kind of had the same weekend.

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

Getting a used 14b would be your other option, or a used once of any of the above turbo's.

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I would recommend a replacement upgrade.
What are your current modifications to the vehicle? Goals?

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

thanks for the input jet, I will see what they run, now to get the hg/tb done, or to hire someone to finish it lol, then the fact that my tranny is almost dead......

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I drive it to work everyday, Ramsey > Mahtomedi.... I have MBC/Aircan mod, TurboXS Bov, 3In Exhaust.... to be honest I just want it to keep it going down the road lol, I love the car, but this is all making me think of parting it out :( or selling it......

one cool thing of all this happening I found out your shop is like only a few miles from my house lol...

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Well if you are trying to keep it on a budget, replacing it with another 14b or the smallest available upgrade (16g) would be the best bet. A slight upgrade will require a few modifications to make it work 100%, but it does not ruin the pocket book, the reliability, or the "funness" of the vehicle if done correctly.

Stop on all and we can take care of you.

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

the crappy thing is I started pulling it apart, but at this point I might be checking into how much to have someone just finish the job and call me a Noob for trying to do it myself, I have done a couple of HG's on honda civics, also have a 70 Chevelle, which is EASY compared to this DSM, thought this job wouldn't be too bad, then I got the exhaust manifold off, fuel rail, and other things as you can see in the pics, so basically I am in a tough spot lol....

Re: What a crappy weekend...
 

if you want it done let me know I can do it cheap for you

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Car is for sale see the thread in classifieds...