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Well, I've had a smoking issue on high boost/high RPM shifts lately, and it's progressed to burning oil at idle in the last 500 miles or so. I figured I would need to replace the turbos very soon.
Two other local guys with pretty much the same setup as me are experiencing the same smoking issues as I am, and both had the problem resolved by replacing test pipes with the stock cats.
In a last ditch effort to see if I could squeeze a few more miles out of the turbos (they still boosted strong), I threw the cats back on today.
After installing the cats, I noticed a pretty decent exhaust leak on the passenger side downpipe, at the junction with the midpipes. I didn't have time to work on the car anymore, so I figured I'd just limp the few miles home with a mild exhaust leak. BTW, the car still smoked between shifts, so the test-pipe theory doesn't hold true in my case.
So there I am driving home, and suddenly, both of my rear tires locked up completely. I nearly lost control of the vehicle, but I was able to pull into a turn lane.
There was about a half a quart of oil on the ground and a steady oil trail from the car back to where the wheels locked up. I checked the dipstick and there was still about 3 quarts of oil (I'm estimating) in the pan.
I'm guessing I threw a rod. I won't know until next week when I pull the motor, but this project became about 3x as expensive today. Anyone ever heard of this happening?
 "so when do you finish your review of the assless chaps and cattail?" - genic 10:28:23 03/12/04 "Enough is enough Guapo. Stop harass my feelings man." - BeaZ 11:35:18 08/03/03
"F' your feelings, learn your lesson." - YugoBernie (NoVA) 11:36:00 08/03/03 "So I nailed it, took off like an F18 from carrier. Of course the chase begained." -Tim_N/A 10:27:15 04/07/03 "Ps, I ate a real chocolate jesus today. it was kick ass. it was about 3" tall and solid chocolate. I was in heaven." - niXit 10:53:48 10/02/02 |
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