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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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very bad idle problem

ok here it goes i lent my car to my friend so i can borrow his to go see a friend 3 hours away for a weekend ok end of story i come back and he tells me my car is messed up and wont tell me what happend so im on my own to diagnos it is hard to start it idles with a bad vibration there is an exhaust leak behind the turbo and the engine floods everytime i shut it off the coolent light and buzzer has been going off and on since i put in the new turbo a rebuild stock turbo has little shaft endplay right now as i drive it messed up i climbs very slowy to rpm and only gains no more than 4 pounds of boost i use to spike 23 .. help

mods are front mount intercooler with apexi blow off valve aftermarket injectors also my boost sensor is broken but that was broken for over a week befor this problem occured friend told me problem occured the day after he filled it up with gas advise
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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mabie a leakie fuel injector?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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A few things to check out here.
One: get your Buddy's expanation of What the Fark he did to your car.
Two:What type of gas did he put in?..What gas station?.(could be water in gas???.Drain and Refill with good gas,put on another fuel fillter).
Three: do you have access to a Compression tester?..do a Compression test.NOW.(do you trust your buddy enough that he didn't Drive the **** out of your car and Blow the engine????)
Four: do a vacuum/pressure test on the Intercoooler system,( www.fighters-garage.com They have testers for 29 bucks,.excellent gadget.).that will allow you to find any leaks that would make the car run like ****.
Five Coolant Buzzer going off?,Check the coolant level.Start the car with the rad cap or the Thermo housing cap.If Coolant "explodes/gushes" out of the system,Then your Coolant seals are shot..Most likely by your Buddy.
..RULE OF ROTARY: never EVER lend your Car out..EVER!
I hope that may help you..Cheers STYX.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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I'm havin the same problem, I was just doing 220kms eariler and I came down to a stop and turned and the car stalled out, had a **** load of trouble starting (at least like 40 minutes) and when it got going again, it sounded like it had a bridgeport at idle speeds (haha, like it was going to idle by itself) but it sounded fine at like 2500-3000. Was yours like that too? Does it start? Personally, I think I threw the timing off because I was already getting a squeak. But get your friend to tell you how he actually drove the car.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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symptoms sound like a blown water seal. Check compression. If that is good, have the coolant chemically checked for the presence of exhaust gases. If you pass both of those, breathe a sigh of relief and start looking at other things...

If your boost was spiking to 23... well, none of the seals are likely to survive that for very long. Maybe he just got unlucky, or maybe the gas he put in was not high enough octane to avoid detonation under that kind of boost... maybe you should be running 100/130 aviation fuel?
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