Ok somethings majorly wrong with my motor. It burns a lot of oil and I cant use the heat because I'll be choking in about 1 minute of turning it on.

The car idles like **** and there has been a valve ticking (i think its bent) since I got the motor from HMO.

Anyway, the problem now is that the entire front of my motor has been sprayed with coolant, and when the car is idling and you rev it, coolant spits out of the not-quite-flat turbo manifold I made. You can see it dripping on the ground, and you can see coolant pooling on the corner of the headgasket thats visible on the front-left corner of the motor.

Compression test yields 150-155-155-150. Havent tried a leakdown test yet.


I also have a ton of air blowing out the oil fill cap and there is a creamy white gel **** inside the oil cap and all over under the valve cover.

My question though, if the headgaskets fucked, thats cool but how would that let oil mix with it? I think the valve seals are **** and that could contribute to the low compression.

What Im planning on doing is getting a $2000 loan and buying:
ARP Headstuds
OEM headgasket
OEM valveseals
1mm oversize valves
catch can to eliminate PVC system
new turbo manifold
new turbo


How does this sound? Should this fix my problem?

Thanks, to anyone who responds =D

 

Hello
well, there is someting I yust can't imagine. How could colant be spraying out from your turbo manifold ( Ihope you didnt put colant in the inter cooler).
since, you instaled a trubo can u tell me what have you put in the car (the upgrades)

 

I'll take the coolant-in-intercooler as a joke.

Other mods dont matter, the only thing that does is that I havent done anything internally to the motor.
As I said, I dont have a perfect seal between the turbo manifold and the head, and coolant literally spurts out between the gap meaning that somehow it's making it through the head, possibly because positive crankcase pressue is evident and out the exhaust ports without evaporating or burning.
Its fucked up, I've never seen anything like this before.

 

You could have a warped block, which would be why the fluids are all mixed, but i dont know why it would be spraying out the manifold like that

 

the coolant is not comming out of the exhaust ports...Its prolly comingo out of the headgasket and the leaking seal between the mani. and the head makes it seem that way.
Compression # are low, but consistent
If the headgasket is bad it will mix coolant with the oil.
Bad valve stem seals will make the car smoke at startup
Change the headgasket and go from there.

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ARP Headstuds ..........
OEM headgasket.........
OEM valveseals............
1mm oversize valves... not necessary unless lots of boost
catch can to eliminate PVC system...catch can wont eliminate pvc(you wouldnt want to do that anyways)
new turbo manifold
new turbo


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Just a note: If coolant really did get into the exhaust manifold, your probably looking at a dead O2 sensor.

 

Have you considered that the head gasket has completely failed?

 

Alright guys I got a $2000 loan today so I'm going to be able to upgrade and fix a few things.
The oil burning is getting worse and if I floor it it literally fills an entire 2 lane road with thick blue smoke. The idle has also gotton noticbly worse and I'm scared to try another compression test

The interesting thing is that I havent had any oil loss since I installed the turbo a month ago, and the level is still above the top mark on the dip stick. I'll keep you guys updated on the situation.

 

Check the water pump first!!
The turbo works better if you upgrade your pistons and "Bolteas" the block.

 

you didnt take the turbo off when u noticed coolant sprayin into it? my friend snapped a turbo shaft in half from coolant getting in his oil.

 

your head gasket is popped. I would jsut get some arp studs factory gasket and call it day

 

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Yeah I'm getting a new turbo cause the used "good condition" one I got for $130 has bad seals. If I've learned one thing, its NOT to buy a used turbo for less than like $250 !

 

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ARP headstuds and a Cosmetic headgasket are in the mail

 

first read the stories on the arp bolts. im only using them for my mains and im gonna get aebs for my head studs. are you using coolant to cool the turbo cartridge?

 

you seem to blow by which the rings are in line and head gasket leaking, simple let it idle and take off the rad cap and check 4 bubbles of air.