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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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problem last week
I was having problems my car overheating, i didnt have any problems untill i start hitting boost, driving with out boosting i have no issue, about 10 sec after i boost the temp starts to rise, and will start overheating. anitfrezze is pushed out to my overflow and not returned,it steams out the top of the overflow where the tube comes in from the rad. I replaced the t-stat and i havent overheated since

I have had people telling my that it is possible that my head is lifting cause a leak between my head gasket and my head, I still have the stock head bolts in and I am running 9 lbs on a stock d16y8, good tune, arp headstuds?

I replaced the pcv valve last night and the car ran good while it was cold. My cuz and I took the car up to the bar to grab a couple of six packs and when i pulled in the parking lot the car started smoking, so i turned it off. After I came back out and started it up it started smoking again, I went to leave and the car really didnt have any power in the low end pulling out, the car putted up to speed,and was blowing alot of smoke out the exhaust, when I got home I pulled it in the garage and let it run for a little bit, I opened up my hood a couple of mins later and tapped the throdle control. the car stalled out after that and it wouldnt turn back over.

I check my plugs for to see if they were fouled out but they looked fine. there was steam coming out of the hole were the plug was pulled and also out of oil cap, there is some blow by on the oil cap but about a pinhead amount on the dipstick

the car didnt not over heat at all, is it posible that i fried a ring? or is this a headgasket issue? or something else

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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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Default Re: boost problems (t3t4delsol)

What do you fluids look like? Is there any oil in your antifreeze. What are you using for tuning? I'd do a leakdown test and see if you have any leaks. Does the smoke smell sweet? If your HG is leaking coolant into the cylinders you will get the smoke you described and as you lose coolant your car will start to overheat. Compression and leakdown tests can help you find the problem. Also try a power balance test and undo each spark plug wire one at a time and record the rpm drop. Then do the same with the injectors. This will help you see if one or more cylinders is not working correctly. Just a few ideas good look.
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 12:23 PM
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Default Re: boost problems (TS4L)

Perform a headgasket test. its so easy start from there then get into the other stuff
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