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Blown head gasket???

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GavinTsi

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Oct 24, 2002
ok heres, the deal, abut 6 months ago, my car had trouble idling, and when i stopped at a light or something, it would die and i would have to start it up again.this went on for a long time, then about a month ago, i starting hearing a sound kind of like a supercharger whine, which cant be good for a turbo. then my turbo blew, i didnt get any boost, and then a day later, my car started blowing thick white smoke when i started it. i took it to the shop and installed an evo 3 16G turbo, and it runs fine usually now, it blows a tiny bit of smoke, but about half an hour after i got it out of the shop, it started dying or stalling when i stop. there was oil under the spark plug cover too, but none in the tubes. so basically, i had the idling trouble, then my turbo blew, then i got a new turbo, and i still have the idling problem. any ideas? thanks alot guys.

Matt
'90 Eagle Talon TsI
 
It doesn't sound like a blown headgasket to me. The oil in the spark plug area likely came from your oil cap. As for the car dying at stoplights and such it sounds like you have a huge vacuum leak or something. Perhaps you have your BOV vented to atmosphere??
If you know how to do a compression test the numbers from one would also be highly useful in diagnosing your problem.
 
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