well....first. . .I noticed I wasn't boosting as much. . .now I noticed whtie smoke coming from the exhaust. . . ran a compression test. . .200/200/200/210 (civic ex SOHC) . . o.k that's good. Ran a test to see if my head gasket was blown. . .came out fine. . .hmmm . . .what the hell could it be. . .took the pipe off the turbo. . .and what do ya know it's spitin' oil. . .damn it I blew the turbo! That's sucks. . .looks like I gotta do a rebuild. . .I was so pissed off I thought of straying away from the darkside. . .but then I realized how much I like it!!

Marc

 

just wondering how old was your turbo...years and miles. What exactly happened to your turbo??? Did you run it at full boost like for top speed? Just wondering cause Ive never blown one but Ive also never gone high boost. Go ball bearing if you already havent.

 

holy crap...your compression test on the sohc was 200 across the board???

mine was like 160 across the board...guess my engine was more fugged than I thought,

or something is up w/ your test.

 

yea I tripped out two...I did one about 2 months ago. . .and it was the same . . .did another one Wed. and you got the #'s up top. . .I'd say the test is good.

Burner- I bought the kit used. . .so I really can't give you and exact year/milege. . .but I just use it for street. . .didn't have a chance to make it to the track.. . .I was boosting at 7psi . . .I boosted at 13psi twice. . .hehehe. . .homemade boost controller. . .I have a feeling that might of had something to do with it. There's a turbo place nearby I'm going there on Mon. . .I'm either gonna trade it + cash for a new one or have it repaired and upgrade the propeller. . .it was a greddy by the way.



[Modified by turbocoupe, 9:30 PM 11/23/2001]

 

well howa bout that?

 

are you rebuilding your own? I can't believe this is so common. My brand new Turbonetics is back at the factory getting rebuilt. Only 500miles on it. They better do it for nothing and not go telling me it was something I did.

 

ain't it a peach.

gruvytune--no I'm not rebuilding it...there's a place around here that does kickass work...so I have heard.


[Modified by turbocoupe, 9:33 PM 11/23/2001]

 

it's something alright lol.

I'm glad I ditched that motor

 

hey dragII what happened to your buddy . . . .dragIIcivicsmybitch?

 

u had a buddy called that...thats weird

 

we were flaming the ca-ca out of him last week.

 

I just wrote you a week ago about that, why did you boost that much without your inline fp? 13psi JEEZZZ!!!! All I have to say is, you're nutz. Didn't you hear any detonation?

 

I did the 13 psi before I talked to last week. . .that was the problem all along. . .I blew the son-bitch. . .inline goes in on Tuesday. . .not that I really need it right now.. . . Yea I was worried about detonation but I ran a couple of tests and the engine is good...actually above ave. pretty good for a engine with 100k.

 

Well, at least there was no detonation. BTW..how long did you boost at 13psi? It couldn't have been that long?!

 

about 3 seconds each time...as soon as I hit 4 grand the engine bogged like I was hitting 7-8 grand.

 

200+ psi? i thought factory was 185 ish?
thats pretty high for sohc no?

 

factory 170-180. . .I don't know I guess I just picked the right car . . .

 

were you running the turbo the 1st time when you did the test? if so maybe you had oil seeping in there,thus causing it to indicate a higher psi.

if not that is a high number regardless

 

no...I did the first comp. test a month before I even ordered the turbo. I had 200psi across all four. When I ran the test with the turbo it was the #'s stated above.

 

I think he went bye bye

 

so did u also have blue smoke?

 

no white smoke. . .

 

white smoke = Coolant

 

so it was spitting oil, but not burning it.

 

dragII--yea the hose going from the throttle body to the back of the head was poped off. . .hence white smoke.

quikrpm- most of the white smoke was from the problem above. . .it's burning just a little bit of oil, and I mean a real little bit.. . .and yes I have been checking the oil. . .it's fine.