so charlie came and helped me get it started. It turns out that my engine is low compression and the fuel pressure is high [since i fixed the leak]so its flooding. we had to remove the plugs and crank all the **** out, then clean the plugs and put em back in. It started up. Stil having trouble shifting into gear, will try bleeding the hydrolics tmrw. Its hard to shove it into gear when the motor is on, once its in gear with the clutch down everything works like normal, just hard to get into gear..the engine felt slow as hell when idrove it. Everyone told me i just have to keep breaking it in. It felt like 30hp...I guess ill keep letting it idle some more tanks...

 

alrite today i started it up again, and it smoked like crazy. 2 hours later of idling at 15k , the smoke vanished.. I was suprised, and happy. I guess all that crap flushed out. I shut the engine off, went to buy more gas, filled her up and started again. It started as usual and I decide to drive it up and down my street. It felt like there was no power, like 30hp... and my engine bay started smoking like crazy.Smoke came from under neath the car and behind me, but not through the exhaust. I hurried and parked the car inside and shut it off. Popped the hood and there was oil all over my turbo.The engine was over heating, and smoke was coming from the turbo. There was oil leaking from the turbo....and ichecked the propeller and there was shaft play. I think my turbo was blown the whole time. What do you guys think??

 

a side note.

I hooked up my boost gauge and its reading vacuum. However, when i gas it the boost never passes 0. and my BOV never goes off at the sofftest setting...This is under load and standstill neutral..

Can you guys confirm that my turbo is blown by those symptoms?

 

why are u boosting....is the engine broken yet

Also...looks like u bad turbo oil seal

 

never went pass 4k rpm. It never even boosted, it spools but no boost just **** load of smoke from the turbo. Im still looking for as5 turbo

 

Typically, you won't see boost by just revving. You might see a little if you floor it, but I doubt you'd want to do that on a fresh rebuild.

The reason why most EMSs come with anti-lag is to build boost while in neutral.

 

okay I swapped the turbo out , and it helped alot. But other problems started. The engine would flood sometimes. When it finally starts during flood, theres a shiz load of white smoke LIKE D1 smoke. And then my coolant level went really low. The engine started overheating. Today I did a coolant flush, and new coolant went in. I tried starting, and walla flooded again. Finally starts with shiz load of D1 smoke again.After driving for 1 min. the smoke goes away.
another problem is that its still slow as fluck. Although it is showing slight improvement. Before I couldnt go up my hill , now I can in 1st.... I drove it around for a good hour today around the block, just staying uder 4k.Its really poor in low rpm torq, untill u get past 3k.So I always had to shift late. Is this normal for break in? Its been 4 weeks already of breakin, but still showing low compression. Probly went through at least 2 full takes of gas mostly idling, and I just started driving it this week. It idles at 1100 rpm now. Before it would be at 1900, then week later 1500, then 1400, now 1100..I guess that means its getting alil bit better?

 

how much more breakin will it take? Is all this normal? I mean its realy hard to drive because of the lag of torq especialy making u turns with a welded diff. Barely has enough power to make it up my driveway.

Im scared. What if the rebuild was bad?

 

just keep driving til' it blows.

i'm sure compression will eventually settle in.

trust me, driving slow sucks.

but it'll pay off in the end. =P

 

some freeway driving possibly? took my engine ~600 miles or so to actually feel like it started growin some nuts... drove it in increments of 100 miles or so at a time.

 

ill keep putting mooar miles.. The hard part is that I live in a area with hills. If only it was mostly flat land...

 

where in Cali are you?

and if your car feels weak as hell maybe your timing is not set right? You don't by chance have the initial set coupler jumpered? You know the one you jumper to set the idle etc?

The low compression should mostly make it difficult to start, this doesn't make it feel like 30HP if there's enough compression to start the damn thing. There's something else wrong, stop running it until you address what's wrong.


edit: nevermind on the location, I see from earlier in the thread you're in socal.... if you were in norcal I was gonna offer a hand with getting that thing running right.

 

dude i recently had Atkins build my t2 block and when i started it and drove for the first time around the block it felt awesome, not slow or heavy, it did not feel like it does now but it forsure did not feel like what your describing.

 

Of the five brand new rebuilds I've driven, they have always felt peppy. I'd tear yours down and find out what is wrong. Unless you reused seals or have poor side seal clearance, you shouldn't have any issues with low compression. Housings can even be pretty trashy and still have good compression.

 

new sig

 

alrite today it got abit better. It started up right away, let it idle for 3 hours and shut off cool down. Started it again and drove it up and down the street, it feels like 40 hp now.. a bit easier to drive. So I kept driving it and drove to the gas station filled up[leaving the car on] drove home, then it felt like 60hp. I could actualy drive with the flow of traffic now lol. Popped the hood, and its not overheating. so I guess its getting abit better.. Il continue breakin tmrw....Il just keep babying it......

I did reuse side seals, and the clearance was inspected and I picked out all the best side seals I had, made sure they moved freely inthe grooves, I also reused the springs, cleaned them and they looked fine. Acid angel said it looked fine too, and we used all the best seals I had laying around.. The housings and rotors were good. Im guessing I just need to be more patient and break in more....I guess my engine seems to be taking longer than normal... I did kinda wish I had brand new everything to build... I would imagine it wouldve been broken in by now..But since Im on abudget build

 

might as well keep it up bro. sounds like you're getting somewhere. take advantage of gas prices.

 

maybe if you can do a smooth freeway run??

still got 120 hp to go! lmao

 

seriously gas is so cheap. I got to the gas station, and put 20 bucks, and it have me more than 3/4 of a tank! so happy. 8 gallons of gas for 20 bucks.... goshhh sooooo cheapppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp start filling up ur tanks now b4 gas goes back up!~!!!!!

 

hahah niiice, ey dk, lets get your car running right,

oh ey i started a new thread son!

 

my engine seized today.

it wouldnt want to start then it finaly started with **** load of white smoke then rpm just fell hard, and it wont crank, its jammed. fluckk....... I wish i had $$ and just paid a shop to do everything

 

i unno man, maybe you could become a gigolo


or start rapping

 

damn.

 

man today i justwasnt in the mood to do work . Tomarrow Ill try to get the engine out and take it apart and see what a happend..If the damage is the cost of new apexseals or housing and rotor , and anotehr rebuild kit, im just going to buy a used running shortblock.. gahhhhh rotaryyyyy

 

apply for a credit card man... will help you out some, just spend what you need to get it running then work to pay it off.. I know your young but you will eventually need to work on building credit.