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Old 05-23-2004, 05:16 PM
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I see some crafty ---- right there.. care to explain? lol

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Old 05-23-2004, 05:32 PM
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lol, yeah thats the two stage home made boost contoller. Some one told me you did the same thing once.
It's just a solenoid of a civic t'd into the wastegate line and hooked to a needle valve to bleed off boost.

The little metal thing is the base I made from sheet metal to hold everything.
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Old 05-23-2004, 10:03 PM
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Can anyone try to diagnose my problem for me?
Symptoms:

1) Car bogs under boost and hard acceleration.

2) Radiator keeps cracking.

3) Radiator only leaks after going into boost for a while.

4) Get some white smoke when reving the engine from idle. (no boost)

I've been reading on HT and it sounds to me like a blown headgasket or stretching headbolts.

But even if the headgasket was blown, would it bog down and run really crappy?

Thanks for any help.
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Old 05-23-2004, 10:22 PM
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Need a radiator man? I can sell you mine for a good price. I don't need it PM me if you want it.
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:20 AM
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White smoke means that you are burning water, or you have some pod-smoking midgets in your exhaust
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:27 AM
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Nice looking rex.

Bogging ehh. Email your bin to leed16@hotmail.com


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Old 05-24-2004, 05:59 AM
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I love this stuff, this is my entertainment in Iraq, turbo project pics, ****, and such, my nickname here is Turbo... but keep me entertained by showing off your projects, I miss doing this, only 9 months left..
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Old 05-24-2004, 07:36 AM
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I have seen head gaskets do some wierd ----. I had one that would only leak when the motor was cold, another one that would leak after the car was off. It would fill up one cylinder with coolant.They can be a real pain to diagnose sometimes. Go to Auto Zone and rent a block checker. This is a clear tube that you fill with a blue liquid, you put it over the radiator inlet and if there is exhaust in the coolant the liquid turns **** yellow. This is the only 100% sure way I know to check a headgasket. If it is the headgasket replace your O2 sensor, coolant kills them. This is what may be causing your running problem.
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Old 05-24-2004, 08:43 PM
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THanks guys, CC: I'm gonna go to autozone when I get paid, I'll get one of those thingy's and a compression tester.

Today I was driving and after a while It started to overheat so I pulled over and (usually the radiator cap will come off without water spewing, but this time water spewed everywhere.) I am confused about this cause if there was so much water in it, why would it be overheating.
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Pressure. It probably has so much pressure in it from the cylinders it's forcing coolant out of the system. You're sure your thermostat is good and your radiator is good right?
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