[s-cars] Smoke pouring out pipes - mechanic wants to rebuild

[Lee Levitt]

How do you know it's the engine and not the turbo?

Lee


On Wed Apr 27 10:30:06 PDT 2005, Chris Holinger 
<cholinger at mac.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> Since making it back from the 12k mile road trip, the beast 
> hasn't been in
> good shape.  At first the smoke was only coming out of the rear 
> tailpipes
> intermittently, now we are full on all the time and, not only is 
> it
> embarrassing, but worrying me about the next step.
> 
> My mechanic wants to do a rebuild and replace the bearings, 
> gaskets and
> rings.  He is having trouble sourcing the parts in the 
> Chicago-land area.
> He was also looking at replacing the engine completely.
> 
> Is there a kit that has the necessaries for this job?
> Sources for them?
> Reason for a second opinion?
> 
> Let me know if you need more info.
> 
> Sweating in Chicago,
> Chris Holinger
> 
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