Turbo rebuild? - I think i broke a piston ring, what now? :-(

[Jim Green]

--- RYAN ALAN HOITINK <rahoitink at students.wisc.edu>
wrote:
> This is just an idea I had when I saw the picture,
> but here goes.  Are you sure that it's oil smoke
> that the car is putting out?  With that much smoke,
> I think you'd be able to tell if the level was lower
> than it should be.  Plus, the plugs would probably
> look like crap.  Could it be that coolant is getting
> into the combustion chamber or leaking in elsewhere?
>  I wouldn't write off a blown head gasket.  That is
> a ton of smoke/vapor, and a head gasket failure
> would have the potential to make that happen.  I'd
> check your coolant level, and pressure test the
> system before you decide on any major repairs.

Could be, typically it will clean things if coolant is
getting in there.  I guess a HG could blow in a way
that allows oil into the cyl, but doubtfull that much
is going to get in.  You would definatly see water in
the oil and oil in the water if that's the case since
the water passages are between the cyl and oil
passages.  I have a feeling it's just a turbo.  I
abused the living piss out of my first MC engine and
it took a while for it's rings to go.  (Lesson: don't
trust your gauges, if it doesn't sound right, it
probably isn't!) It would be pretty hard to duplicate
that with even a chipped factory setup.

Later,

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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