Ok I have a turbo EG LS hatch and just got a Skunk2 IM,hondata IM gasket and 68mm skunk2 TB installed at a local shop last night. It drove home fine about a 1/2mile besides having to put my foot under the throttle pedal to make it idle down. I went out thier at 9am to start it to take it to get it tuned and it started and immediately shut off 3 times in a row. Then I start it and give it gas and it smokes like crazy and eventually shuts off. It was really cold when I was out thier. I called the shop and the sent thier tech over. It immediately starts up and stays running the only difference is it is warmer out but still smokes. They say it did'nt look like coolant but it did look white to me and the car never smoked like that..

When doing the install they found out i needed longer studs for the IM because of the hondata IM gasket being thicker. He wound up useing 2 bolts after removing 2 studs and used the rest of the studs. He told me to order the studs and they'd put them in on wednesday. The only difference is the map sensor was moved to the bottom of this TB from the top of my stock 1..

They told me i could still drive it but i'm not gonna. He told me i could bring it back and they'd put the new studs on it and put a stock IM gasket on each side of the hondata IM gasket. They said they don't think it is from the IM,TB install..

Any ideas on what the cause may be??

It just sucks because of i got 5k in this thing easy and still have'nt gotten it tuned or been able to boost..

 

was the gasket leaking close the thread..

 

The Hondata gasket donesn't have coolant passage to the IM, Making cold starts pretty difficult. My friend had the same problem with his GE intake manifold(no coolant for IACV and FITV, so we tapped off the heater core with the same sort of T you use for the brake booster line, with a reducer to lower the pressure going in.

But I'm sure you worked this out.

 

still smoking alittle i've been told it was coolant burning off..

The stock IM had more nipples then this skunk did..