sbz0kgx
Proven Member
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- Jan 12, 2013
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Salt Lake City,
Utah
Hi,
I have searched through the forums for a few days now and I can't find the same symptoms as mine. I just bought a 1997 Eclipse GST with 77k. It was abandoned at a shop after the owner could not pay for the repairs and surrendered the car. They replaced the turbocharger, water pump, timing components, head gasket, had the head resurfaced, and the starter motor. The car sat for 7 years before I bought it. The problem I am having is it idles high "between 1500 - 2000 RPMs", car starts to boost but bogs at 3/4 - WOT, and the last is only under boost, it blows a considerable amount of blue smoke from the exhaust but when in boost or trying to boost "bog" i guess I could say. Oil is clean I noticed that the honeycombs in the MAF are bent pretty badly on the sides. Check engine light is on and the Mechanic says that it is an EGR code. The factory intercooler is twisted but after testing, it doesn't seem to be leaking. The car idles beautifully and drives smooth until it boosts. So far I have replaced: factory BOV was leaking badly under boost, I was able to open it by blowing into it, I replaced with a Greddy, PCV, fuel filter; filled tank with 91 octane and added lucas fuel system cleaner, spark plugs, and vacuum lines to the fuel pressure solenoid as the previous owner had a gauge or something hooked to it at a T with poor quality vacuum lines. I took it for a test drive after replacing all the above, I had the battery out while doing the repairs and it was the first time starting the car of the day, the first two pulls seemed like the problem was fixed with the bogging, but the third pull the problems returned.
could it be valve seals or turbo for the smoking? I have searched high and low for boost looks but can seem to find any. The only mod is the Greddy BOV, however there are holes cut in the dash from mounting hardware and I found instructions for a turbo timer and boost controller. Maybe a wiring or vacuum issue?
Please help
I have searched through the forums for a few days now and I can't find the same symptoms as mine. I just bought a 1997 Eclipse GST with 77k. It was abandoned at a shop after the owner could not pay for the repairs and surrendered the car. They replaced the turbocharger, water pump, timing components, head gasket, had the head resurfaced, and the starter motor. The car sat for 7 years before I bought it. The problem I am having is it idles high "between 1500 - 2000 RPMs", car starts to boost but bogs at 3/4 - WOT, and the last is only under boost, it blows a considerable amount of blue smoke from the exhaust but when in boost or trying to boost "bog" i guess I could say. Oil is clean I noticed that the honeycombs in the MAF are bent pretty badly on the sides. Check engine light is on and the Mechanic says that it is an EGR code. The factory intercooler is twisted but after testing, it doesn't seem to be leaking. The car idles beautifully and drives smooth until it boosts. So far I have replaced: factory BOV was leaking badly under boost, I was able to open it by blowing into it, I replaced with a Greddy, PCV, fuel filter; filled tank with 91 octane and added lucas fuel system cleaner, spark plugs, and vacuum lines to the fuel pressure solenoid as the previous owner had a gauge or something hooked to it at a T with poor quality vacuum lines. I took it for a test drive after replacing all the above, I had the battery out while doing the repairs and it was the first time starting the car of the day, the first two pulls seemed like the problem was fixed with the bogging, but the third pull the problems returned.
could it be valve seals or turbo for the smoking? I have searched high and low for boost looks but can seem to find any. The only mod is the Greddy BOV, however there are holes cut in the dash from mounting hardware and I found instructions for a turbo timer and boost controller. Maybe a wiring or vacuum issue?
Please help