Hey guys, as I was driving home on the highway tonight my temp. gauge spiked and I panicked thinking it was a BHG. I got the car somewhere I could park it as fast as I could but that took WAY too long. My gauge was spiked past the red for probably a good two minutes and then I pulled over and shut it off. First few things I noticed;
- My engine bay was covered in coolant, and the coolant hose at the back of the motor had a small hole in it, if I squeezed the upper rad hose smoke would come pouring out of the hole on the other coolant hose.
- This is (I think) kind of a good thing as it points away from it being a BHG.
- Reservoir tank is still full, and there is zero pressure in the coolant system.
Now, where things get freaking weird is after I let it cool right down I tried to start the car again..... It turned over and fired up for about a second and then shut off. I can't for the life of me get the car to start, nothing obvious is sticking out at me, but it doesn't matter what I do, I try and start it, it fires for a second and then just dies. What the hell is going on! Any help is appreciated, I'm super frustrated. It's a mint ultra low mileage '87 turbo I've kept in hiding for the past three years. Yesterday was the first day since 2011 I've driven it. I spent the last week changing everything old (except a f*cking coolant hose) and installing a sp61gt.
The car is in really good shape otherwise, has a completely rebuilt 7mgte with 15,000km on it, HKS mhg, and all the supporting mods, and ran like a dream prior to this. I'm a little out of it at the moment, but antsy and dying to figure out what's going on. Any other tips, advice, etc. or things I should now aside from changing the oil after I cooked the motor would be great too. Thanks.
- My engine bay was covered in coolant, and the coolant hose at the back of the motor had a small hole in it, if I squeezed the upper rad hose smoke would come pouring out of the hole on the other coolant hose.
- This is (I think) kind of a good thing as it points away from it being a BHG.
- Reservoir tank is still full, and there is zero pressure in the coolant system.
Now, where things get freaking weird is after I let it cool right down I tried to start the car again..... It turned over and fired up for about a second and then shut off. I can't for the life of me get the car to start, nothing obvious is sticking out at me, but it doesn't matter what I do, I try and start it, it fires for a second and then just dies. What the hell is going on! Any help is appreciated, I'm super frustrated. It's a mint ultra low mileage '87 turbo I've kept in hiding for the past three years. Yesterday was the first day since 2011 I've driven it. I spent the last week changing everything old (except a f*cking coolant hose) and installing a sp61gt.
The car is in really good shape otherwise, has a completely rebuilt 7mgte with 15,000km on it, HKS mhg, and all the supporting mods, and ran like a dream prior to this. I'm a little out of it at the moment, but antsy and dying to figure out what's going on. Any other tips, advice, etc. or things I should now aside from changing the oil after I cooked the motor would be great too. Thanks.
