Well im about ready to swap my sp61gt back on but i figured id post up a rather unique issue that you might all like the hear about.
Friday - drive back to dallas and meet up with Supraguy88t (Christian) to buy his 1990 NA for my roomie. Drive up to Allen where my car is and start swapping the turbo on. The car had been sitting for about a month while I was out at school and waiting for SP to send my SP61GT back. I start to put the turbo on and realize its not clocked correctly, then im missing the oil sending line adaptor. piss. get the turbo all mocked on the motor minus the oil sending line vowing to get an adaptor the next day.
Sat. Go out and get the correct 90 degree an fitting and put it on the car. prime the turbo and get the oil sysytem all nice and pressurized. start car... some smoke but i figured just oil burning off from the last turbo (front and rear seals went) take it for a test drive and blow an intercooler hose off (forgot to tighten down when reinstalled d'oh!) take it back and its still smoking a bit..hummm load the car up with roomie and bro and head back to Christian's shop. car is smoking just like a blown turbo..wonderful ... pull in and ask him what he thinks, we end up swapping back on my old ct26 which we know is good and its still smoking... humm also where is all my PS fluid going? well here he started trouble shooting and found that the idle up valve was broken (2 plastic seals and 2 rubber gaskets, both scratched and torn, one plastic one cracked) allowing PS fluid to flow up into the intake manifold and into the motor... wonderful. replace with a new valve and no more smoke!
this weekend the SP61 goes back on. so next time you think your turbo is blown... look at your ps pump!
Friday - drive back to dallas and meet up with Supraguy88t (Christian) to buy his 1990 NA for my roomie. Drive up to Allen where my car is and start swapping the turbo on. The car had been sitting for about a month while I was out at school and waiting for SP to send my SP61GT back. I start to put the turbo on and realize its not clocked correctly, then im missing the oil sending line adaptor. piss. get the turbo all mocked on the motor minus the oil sending line vowing to get an adaptor the next day.
Sat. Go out and get the correct 90 degree an fitting and put it on the car. prime the turbo and get the oil sysytem all nice and pressurized. start car... some smoke but i figured just oil burning off from the last turbo (front and rear seals went) take it for a test drive and blow an intercooler hose off (forgot to tighten down when reinstalled d'oh!) take it back and its still smoking a bit..hummm load the car up with roomie and bro and head back to Christian's shop. car is smoking just like a blown turbo..wonderful ... pull in and ask him what he thinks, we end up swapping back on my old ct26 which we know is good and its still smoking... humm also where is all my PS fluid going? well here he started trouble shooting and found that the idle up valve was broken (2 plastic seals and 2 rubber gaskets, both scratched and torn, one plastic one cracked) allowing PS fluid to flow up into the intake manifold and into the motor... wonderful. replace with a new valve and no more smoke!
this weekend the SP61 goes back on. so next time you think your turbo is blown... look at your ps pump!
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