cars ready....again!...have a guess

Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:13 am

im off to pick up my car again after the longstanding smoke issues having been resolved

anyone like to have a guess as to how long it will last this time before it requires another rebuild?

Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:13 pm

picked the car up and as i expected its still smoking a little bit,no where near as bad as it was though,sometimes a puff of blue when i change gear.at least ive not got the big cloud that was following me around constantly as before

Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:23 pm

what was up?

Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:32 pm

turbo was stripped down and rebuilt,a ring inside it had snapped allowing the oil to pass through but the underlying problem is the piston rings.it was embarrassing sitting at traffic lights, a large cloud would surround the car

Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:13 pm

mine does large clouds of smoke at the lights but that's just the tyres!

Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:55 pm

Mine smokes a bit when i close the throttle at 5.5k-6k rpm, i think i might have damaged a valve oil seal the last time i rebuilt the head as i didn't have any of those plastic cap things you put over the ends of the valves to protect the oil seal

Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:18 pm

anyone like to have a guess as to how long it will last this time before it requires another rebuild? Rolling Eyes

Two weeks with a lead foot, 4 without.