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Re: Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?
Posted by LesH [Email] (more from LesH) on Thu, 4 May 2006 18:47:55
In Reply to: Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?, Ed Hall, Thu, 4 May 2006 18:28:19
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Sure sounds like possible turbo to me. Your catalytic converter is probably dead at this point too, from all the crap going through it.
If it were head gasket you would have water in the oil, and/or oil in the water, and/or a bad compression test, and/or signs on the plugs (one very clean or dirty, depending on whether you were getting coolant or oil into the cylinder), and/or oil/coolant leaking to the outside. Your 140 vs 160 could be just warm vs. cold.
Smoke out of the dipstick is not a good sign. Lotsa smoke or just a trace? Could just be moisture (condensation) burning off.
You're going to have to pull the turbo if you have to replace the head gasket or turbo anyways. I might start with pulling the pipes off the turbo and seeing what it looks like inside.
Posts in this Thread:
- Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?, Ed Hall, Thu, 4 May 2006 18:28:19
- Re: Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?, Calvin, Fri, 5 May 2006 09:03:42
- Re: Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?, Andrej, Fri, 5 May 2006 08:15:37
- Re: Turbo, Head Gasket, or worse? What do you think?, LesH, Thu, 4 May 2006 18:47:55 <-- Viewing This Message
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