You will soon hate the egr more than you thought possible.
new ride!
I'll admit its not easy, and frustrating at times, but i've learned a lot about the car and taking things apart by just asking questions and making attempts at fixing things.
Today I worked on cleaning up the engine bay a little. Not too much since I'm going to be tearing it up once the valve cover gasket + other tune up supplies get here.
I sprayed out all the vacuum lines to see if that would help with the idle issue, no luck yet. Probably be easier to diagnose once I get everything in place. In the engines current condition ANYTHING could be causing the idle issue.
What surprised me most was the idle is steady, it doesn't fluctuate and its not rough, its smooth as hell, just at around 100.
Go figure.
What I do love about working on cars like this... If you can handle most of the mechanical work, do a good tune-up, have some time and knowledgeable friends... You can save a little cash in the end. More mod money
I sprayed out all the vacuum lines to see if that would help with the idle issue, no luck yet. Probably be easier to diagnose once I get everything in place. In the engines current condition ANYTHING could be causing the idle issue.
What surprised me most was the idle is steady, it doesn't fluctuate and its not rough, its smooth as hell, just at around 100.
Go figure.
What I do love about working on cars like this... If you can handle most of the mechanical work, do a good tune-up, have some time and knowledgeable friends... You can save a little cash in the end. More mod money
Last edited by Curry; Jan 25, 2008 at 08:53 AM.
HORRAY!!
This is all that was in the coolant reservoir. About 2 tablespoons worth of coolant.
At the very bottom was some nasty paste looking stuff...
Needless to say the headgasket is probably gone. I have already ordered the gasket/seal kit from mark over at Club NA-T. I guess it's time to rip this baby apart.
This is all that was in the coolant reservoir. About 2 tablespoons worth of coolant.
At the very bottom was some nasty paste looking stuff...
Needless to say the headgasket is probably gone. I have already ordered the gasket/seal kit from mark over at Club NA-T. I guess it's time to rip this baby apart.
Everything I need to tune this motor up has been ordered.
1. Complete gasket and seal kit from mark (1.3MM Steel head gasket for turbo included)
2. ARP Studs
3. Water Pump + timing belt
4. Other tune up supplies
5. Springs. Though, the car is already low since 3 tires are still flat. LOL
1. Complete gasket and seal kit from mark (1.3MM Steel head gasket for turbo included)
2. ARP Studs
3. Water Pump + timing belt
4. Other tune up supplies
5. Springs. Though, the car is already low since 3 tires are still flat. LOL
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Haha, todd mentioned this same thing to me this morning!
Since we're going to be in there deep, i'm going to be doing the EGR delete and coolant bypass.
I'm moving the car over to travis' garage sometime this week so we have someplace warm to work on it.
I've been doing all this work in 20-30 degree weather btw. lol. Oh and power washing a carpet in this weather... NOT FUN. I woke up this morning and the carpet was frozen to the concrete. LOL. The sun took care of that though.
Since we're going to be in there deep, i'm going to be doing the EGR delete and coolant bypass.
I'm moving the car over to travis' garage sometime this week so we have someplace warm to work on it.
I've been doing all this work in 20-30 degree weather btw. lol. Oh and power washing a carpet in this weather... NOT FUN. I woke up this morning and the carpet was frozen to the concrete. LOL. The sun took care of that though.
Well after a few hours of searching, speaking to gazi and todd and poking around I found some good info and have a better sense of direction now.
A search on the brief white puffs of smoke from a cold start means that i'm probably burning coolant.
I also found this post by dave:
"White smoke is either the transmission shift modulator is bad and allowing the engine to suck and burn transmission fluid (repair costs under $100) or it’s really, really bad. White smoke could also be coolant or antifreeze that is either leaking, or being forced into the combustion chambers and being burned. The exhaust will look wet and have a sweet smell to it. A bad head gasket (75% of the time), a broken head (15% of the time) or a broken cylinder wall (10% of the time) will be the reason your engine is burning coolant or antifreeze. The repairs start at $400 and go to $4,000."
There was also a post saying that white momentary smoke at start up could be that the PS vacuum hose is sucking up some of the fluid. I believe thats what it said.
But first to be 100% sure as to whether or not the head gasket is blown I'm going to drain the oil and see if it looks like a delicious milkshake.
If its NOT:
Ill do a compression test, install the new plugs, wires, PCV, cap and rotor. Then i'll flush the coolant and see how the car runs.
A search on the brief white puffs of smoke from a cold start means that i'm probably burning coolant.
I also found this post by dave:
"White smoke is either the transmission shift modulator is bad and allowing the engine to suck and burn transmission fluid (repair costs under $100) or it’s really, really bad. White smoke could also be coolant or antifreeze that is either leaking, or being forced into the combustion chambers and being burned. The exhaust will look wet and have a sweet smell to it. A bad head gasket (75% of the time), a broken head (15% of the time) or a broken cylinder wall (10% of the time) will be the reason your engine is burning coolant or antifreeze. The repairs start at $400 and go to $4,000."
There was also a post saying that white momentary smoke at start up could be that the PS vacuum hose is sucking up some of the fluid. I believe thats what it said.
But first to be 100% sure as to whether or not the head gasket is blown I'm going to drain the oil and see if it looks like a delicious milkshake.
If its NOT:
Ill do a compression test, install the new plugs, wires, PCV, cap and rotor. Then i'll flush the coolant and see how the car runs.
Last edited by Curry; Jan 25, 2008 at 09:22 PM.