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Hey guys, my car has always smoked a little when you cranked it...even brand spankin new...but it only used to do it on the crank up...well now that the car is 18 years old, it burns oil out the tail pipe REAL bad when you crank it, and when you are sitting at a stoplight and take off...it really smokes!!! lol, anyway what do i need to do to fix my BIRD?? i want it to stop smoking. also, i have noticed once in a while...it will smoke from underneath the hood as well...sometimes it does both...sometimes it does both, sometimes it doesnt do either...all in all, i want it to stop smoking. what could this be...and if it is a number of things it COULD be...how do i check. just a reminder..my car has 96,000 original miles on the engine. everthing in the engine is as it was from factory. let me know, and thank you for all your help.
zach
85 Turbocoupe. 5-speed.
Mods- single 2.5 inch exaust with highflow cat and Apex bullit muffler, Saab 9000 front mount IC,Centerforce II clutch kit, Gillis BV set at 19psi,K&N on VAM, Hurst shorthrow shifter.
BEST ET-(1/8)-9.7 @71.9 mph
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Ford _Nation
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Joined:
Apr 2002
Brookfield IL 60513
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Turbo going? Maybe?
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88-TC
Gillisvalve
3" full exhaust
Custom K-N ram air
Ported Head
Kirban FPR
Walbro 255
BPV
Lakewood Drag struts&shocks
B&M short throw
85TC- Runnin 11.30's V8 style
88-TC
Gillisvalve
3" full exhaust
Custom K-N ram air
Ported Head
Kirban FPR
Walbro 255
BPV
Lakewood Drag struts&shocks
B&M short throw
85TC- Runnin 11.30's V8 style
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Pete D
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Joined:
Apr 2001
Northern OH
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I would check the PCV valve first but since it does this on startup and when first accelerating I'm going to guess it could be valve seals, or valve guides or both. Not unusual.
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"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
Pete Dunham
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Ontario. California U.S.A.
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Last year my buddy bought a 87 TC from a lady for $400 with the same symptoms. It turned out to be a bad turbo. Pull the snout of the turbo and see if it has back and forth play and check to see if the compressor wheel has bent fins. It cost him $75 bucks for the turbo at the jy and he had a new car.
1986 Turbo Coupe. Boport StageIII head, Boport 2.1, Performance Techniques 50 trim hybird, StageII.63, stinger 3" exhaust, Phenolic spacer, Boglog header,NPR FMIC intercooler setup, kirban fpr, bigrmotorsports fuel rail, diablo water meth kit, CAI, remote mount TFI, CHE rear adj control arms, MAC girdle, 8.8 rear disc, aluminum drive shaft, H&R lowerings springs Tbird Turbo Specific, y MAS!!
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When my turbo blew I had oil coming out my tailpipes and would smoke alot once it got warmed up.Finally replaced the turbo and have driven it for about 3 weeks and smoke is all gone but still alittle oil still left dripping from pipes.
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HEY GUYS, THANKS FOR THE INFO...I AM GOING TO CHECK THE TURBO TOMORROW, AND IF IT SEEMS FINE...ILL LOOK INTO VALVE SEALS AND GUIDES....ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH VALVE SEALS AND GUIDS ARE?? WHERE CAN I GET THEM?
THANKS
ZACH
85 Turbocoupe. 5-speed.
Mods- single 2.5 inch exaust with highflow cat and Apex bullit muffler, Saab 9000 front mount IC,Centerforce II clutch kit, Gillis BV set at 19psi,K&N on VAM, Hurst shorthrow shifter.
BEST ET-(1/8)-9.7 @71.9 mph
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