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Old 05-16-2004, 09:37 PM
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I'm sick of ******* with it.. I've removed and or replaced everything in the goddamn engine bay HOPING to get the car to stop smoking.. No luck. I get a ******* CLOUD every time I cold start it.. Goes on for 15 minutes (EMBARASSING) and then it smokes between hard shifts when hot.. I guess it needs a FULL rebuild.. Not just coolant seals, apex seals and a streetport. Sure wish I would have known that before.. LOL Oh well. I'll have it running this weekend again I hope.



Goddamn that LS1 sitting in the garage SURE is tempting..
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Old 05-16-2004, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 9BASE3' date='May 16 2004, 06:37 PM
Goddamn that LS1 sitting in the garage SURE is tempting..
if sombody deserves an ls1 fd... you do..... you've had a **** load of trouble with your fd. Good luck though.. hope everything goes well
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Old 05-16-2004, 10:20 PM
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You live you learn. Not to worry man It will be running soon enough.

Have fun and keep saying "i love the rx7, i love the rx7, i love the rx7"
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Hey Justin, are you 100% sure it's not your turbo? I hate to see you taking it out again and doing all that work and it ends up being something else.



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well why didn't you rebuild the whole thing when it was apart?
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Originally Posted by BoOsTin FD' date='May 16 2004, 11:17 PM
Hey Justin, are you 100% sure it's not your turbo? I hate to see you taking it out again and doing all that work and it ends up being something else.



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Yea I would suggest trying another turbo just incase, even if that turbo is new...
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Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='May 16 2004, 08:43 PM
Yea I would suggest trying another turbo just incase, even if that turbo is new...
id be tempted to do that too. did you keep the metering pump? we had a car that the vacuum line for the metering jets was in the wrong place, and it smoked like a bitch
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Originally Posted by twinturborx7pete' date='May 16 2004, 10:41 PM
well why didn't you rebuild the whole thing when it was apart?
Well, I had originally thought it was the stock twins. While they were being rebuilt, I pulled the motor (thought to be good) to have new coolant seals, apex seals and a streetport.. A "freshen up" if you will.. Well, put everything back together and problem remains. I checked the turbo, the return line, removed the omp (without premix) and it still smokes. I KNOW it's the motor now. The front rotor housing is full of oil.. **** it. I'll fix it. It'll just be THAT much better.
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Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='May 16 2004, 10:43 PM
Yea I would suggest trying another turbo just incase, even if that turbo is new...
I would, but it's done this on 2 sets of turbos now.. both before and after the rebuild.
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Originally Posted by BoOsTin FD' date='May 16 2004, 10:17 PM
Hey Justin, are you 100% sure it's not your turbo? I hate to see you taking it out again and doing all that work and it ends up being something else.



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No problem bud. I'll have it out tonight, rebuild this week and running this weekend.
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