06-16-2002, 04:58 AM
Matt brought his car down today so we could try to find the miss problem he has had and posted about. When he got here he said it hadn't done it once all day. Go figure. So we repostioned his distributor since the TFI was flat against the alternator. Ok, no problem we got to lunch 4 miles away and his top I/C hose splits. Ok, no problem I got a spare at home. We have lunch, get the spare hose and head for Brunswick via the back roads. I look at the speedo and were past 100, but I'm not gaining much on Matt??? I check the boost gauge and I'm only getting 10 psi. Ummm wheres the other 8 psi. We pull off and give it the visual once over. No Clues. So we go to Brunswick where the car turnout is small and it's cycling between rain and sunshine everyhour. While waiting out the rains I decide to work some of the tangles out of my hair. Hark, there was a very light colored strand. I know in my heart of hearts that it was blond, [Image: biggrin.gif] but Lora & Matt swore it was gray.
My first one! After we get back to my place Matt and Lora take off. Within two minutes he calls me and says the car is making weird noises. They gets back to my place, pop the hood and there is oil in lots of places on th epassenger side. Off comes the intercooler hoses, lots of oil. Off comes the inlet tube, lots of oil. Is it the turbo or the PCV. We check the pCV, it's bad and there is oil on that side of the engine too.
We also check play in the turbo shaft. It's bad too. Looks like he may have gray hair soon too. We get a spare PCV in it and over a quart of oil, clean everthing up and put it back together. They take off for Toledo. Hope they make it home OK
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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
"The nice thing about each new day is nobody ever used it before" Barnaby Jones
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm
My first one! After we get back to my place Matt and Lora take off. Within two minutes he calls me and says the car is making weird noises. They gets back to my place, pop the hood and there is oil in lots of places on th epassenger side. Off comes the intercooler hoses, lots of oil. Off comes the inlet tube, lots of oil. Is it the turbo or the PCV. We check the pCV, it's bad and there is oil on that side of the engine too.
We also check play in the turbo shaft. It's bad too. Looks like he may have gray hair soon too. We get a spare PCV in it and over a quart of oil, clean everthing up and put it back together. They take off for Toledo. Hope they make it home OK
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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
"The nice thing about each new day is nobody ever used it before" Barnaby Jones
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm