just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
08-01-2010, 12:11 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
and you made an appointment to get your oil changed??
you need to go lease a car,that way when something goes wrong its covered and you get a nice new rental to drive till its fixed...
change your own oil..takes 5 minutes
you need to go lease a car,that way when something goes wrong its covered and you get a nice new rental to drive till its fixed...
change your own oil..takes 5 minutes
08-01-2010, 12:21 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
i have no where to change my oil at. i would do it at my aprtment complex but they don't allow that kind of stuff to go down.
08-02-2010, 01:06 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
#2 on your to-do list. Unbolt the downpipe from the turbine housing, and check for excessive oil deposits at the entrance of the pipe, & the exit of the turbine housing.
08-02-2010, 02:04 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
Hey I bought a 1994 Toyota Celica ST and it has a T3/T4 turbo running 8 psi. The car had been sitting for about a month while he was trying to sell it and was working on a different car. Well the car has white smoke coming from the exhaust. I've never owned a turbocharged car so i am assuming it needs new oil. Am I in over my head? Should I sell this thing to someone who knows more about turbo's than I do? The guy I bought from said the oil had built up on the servo and it's just burning it off. What the hell is a servo? The car is sitting in my parking lot cuz im embarassed to drive it due to the smoke. Please help!
08-02-2010, 04:08 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
i have googled the problem and only see bad news. im pretty pissed because i bought the car saturday and its already fucked up. i've driven it for a total of 20 minutes. i don't have the money right now to be fixing a car that some guy sold me with the belief that there was nothing wrong with it. fuck.
08-02-2010, 04:19 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
i have googled the problem and only see bad news. im pretty pissed because i bought the car saturday and its already fucked up. i've driven it for a total of 20 minutes. i don't have the money right now to be fixing a car that some guy sold me with the belief that there was nothing wrong with it. fuck.
08-02-2010, 09:17 PM
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Re: just bought my first turbocharged car and now i'm confused
1: Loosen oil cap. Look underneath. Check for creamy gunk inside the cap itself, in a consistency similar to a milkshake. Indicator that coolant and oil are intermixing = Blown Head Gasket (BHG).
2: Start car, let idle for 5 ~ 6 minutes. Shut off car. Let car cool down enough so that radiator can be touched. Loosen radiator cap. Inhale just enough to catch a whiff of the ambient fumes at the top. If you smell exhaust fumes or gasoline in the coolant = possible Blown Head Gasket (BHG).
3: CHANGE THE OIL.
4: Do a compression test on the cylinders. Test results should be between 5~15 of one another. If a cylinder is WAY OFF from the others, integrity to the cylinder could be compromised allowing coolant to leak in the valves = BHG.
5: Do a radiator leak test. If the radiator has weakened or open areas, coolant will escape from the engine and eventually cause the block to warp due to inconsistant cooling = BHG.
6: Go through the engine bay and check ALL hoses for splitting or fluid/spray. Check chassis under and around engine for oil gunk and wet coolant, highlighting problem areas for hose/seal replacement. Clean the engine bay and check for further leaks after it has dried by placing cardboard under the car and run it for about 10 minutes.
2: Start car, let idle for 5 ~ 6 minutes. Shut off car. Let car cool down enough so that radiator can be touched. Loosen radiator cap. Inhale just enough to catch a whiff of the ambient fumes at the top. If you smell exhaust fumes or gasoline in the coolant = possible Blown Head Gasket (BHG).
3: CHANGE THE OIL.
4: Do a compression test on the cylinders. Test results should be between 5~15 of one another. If a cylinder is WAY OFF from the others, integrity to the cylinder could be compromised allowing coolant to leak in the valves = BHG.
5: Do a radiator leak test. If the radiator has weakened or open areas, coolant will escape from the engine and eventually cause the block to warp due to inconsistant cooling = BHG.
6: Go through the engine bay and check ALL hoses for splitting or fluid/spray. Check chassis under and around engine for oil gunk and wet coolant, highlighting problem areas for hose/seal replacement. Clean the engine bay and check for further leaks after it has dried by placing cardboard under the car and run it for about 10 minutes.
Last edited by White Devil; 08-02-2010 at 09:20 PM.