Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 23/03/18 05:36 AM Author Share Posted 23/03/18 05:36 AM (edited) I tried all that (well I didn't lick it haha) The old one was pretty good so that's back in with bulk sealant. Will fill it again after its had a while to dry Edited 23/03/18 05:38 AM by Lunchietey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 23/03/18 11:44 AM Author Share Posted 23/03/18 11:44 AM Test filled the cooling system, no leaks I can see. Hopefully stays that way under pressure. Drilled the sump and fitted that after collecting the ECU from Ralph. It will have to wait now until I'm over my hangover haha but yeah would be REALLY surprised if it wasn't running by Monday afternoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,040 Member For: 16y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/03/18 11:48 AM Share Posted 23/03/18 11:48 AM solid work new o-ring should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 26/03/18 05:14 AM Author Share Posted 26/03/18 05:14 AM So I fired it up(still on stands etc and only the cat pipe on) and seems to run happily with the new tune. Worryingly after about 60seconds there was some Blue smoke wafting up from under the heatshield near the turbo.... Can't see any leaks but definitely used a fair amount of inox etc in the process. Hopefully it's just all that as the manifold warmed up... *Fingers crossed* Will do a couple of small jobs now, fit some more exhaust and get it off stands and try again! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 26/03/18 08:18 AM Author Share Posted 26/03/18 08:18 AM Hmm. Ok well initial fire up is fine, after about 20 seconds the idle seems to come down a touch but becomes quite rough. It is also at this time you can see the smoke I mentioned. It is at this point I switch it off. Also the oil pressure light goes out after starting (2 seconds) but oil pressure gauge(new Autometer) shows nothing. Will have to double check that but at least the OEM light is off so that should just be a gauge issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 26/03/18 08:29 AM Share Posted 26/03/18 08:29 AM I wouldn't worry about the smoke man. If you've been spraying stuff then it's gonna smoke for a few minutes until it all burns off. Even the grease from your hands onto the manifold will make smoke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 26/03/18 09:05 AM Author Share Posted 26/03/18 09:05 AM Well I guess that's good to know! Gauges are definitely a wiring issue, no conductivity to Earth through the sandwich plate. Thought I checked it but apparently now they don't earth hence no signal. Also good to know. Just fighting the exhaust now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,040 Member For: 16y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/03/18 09:18 AM Share Posted 26/03/18 09:18 AM yeah, if it's not dripping or leaking obviously, then puff is definitely right about the smoke. good luck with it buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 26/03/18 10:30 AM Author Share Posted 26/03/18 10:30 AM Ok for some reason the centre section of the exhaust won't fit(hanger in wrong spot) so going to have to take it to the exhaust shop and get it all done at once. So after confirmation that the gauges were not wired correctly (have to create a better earth when I do an oil change in a couple of hundred kms) I have gone for a quick drive! Woohoo, positive pressure! (Boost gauge works fine :D ) no full throttle runs or anything but probably a couple of second gear half throttle squeezes to ensure it would boost, and that the gate was doing its job properly. Seems to make approximately the right 5psi boost and sounds great doing it with some nice over run crackles and plenty of audible whistle thanks to the very short exhaust. My turbo gear had a BOV delete so I even heard a tiny amount of flutter haha The burning did seem to die down pretty fast too and I'll have a very thorough check of the engine tomorrow in daylight with no bloody rain! Happy camper so far! And yeah makes boost extremely easily thanks to the higher comp! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 26/03/18 12:14 PM Author Share Posted 26/03/18 12:14 PM (edited) Edited 26/03/18 12:19 PM by Lunchietey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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