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- Oct 20, 2016
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Las Vegas,
Nevada
Hey guys,
Just got a 97 Eclipse Spyder GST. Picked it up knowing it will need work. It had recently passed smog so I was already going to plan on buying it but when I test drove it and felt boost for the first time it was all over.
After getting it home and running over the car checking the fluid and the connections etc (I'm no mechanic) I took it for an hour drive to see if any problems I could not spot would present themselves. Everything ran good and the boost is crazy. Awhile ago I had got a cheap honda civic 96 with the single cam and planned on building that up but I could never find an engine to swap (don't even know if I could do a swap by myself anyways). So this is what mainly drove me to purchase this when I seen it for sale already had a turbo.
My concerns:
Radiator Hose Swelling
While I drove it for about an hour and parked it at home the top radiator hose was swelling. Lot's of the hoses on the car are kinda old no cracks so is the radiator hose swelling because the hoses are old or could there be a bigger problem? Something clogging creating back pressure? A stuck thermostat etc? The swelling is not huge you can just tell its slightly larger then when cold.
Exhaust leak at manifold (Picture included)
This is my biggest problem I can see and I'm going to assume this is the cause of the two problems below, engine cuts out at 4500rpm - 5200rpm depending on gear during boost and running super rich.
So the exhaust leak you can feel coming out of the exhaust manifold gasket you can also see the black stain on the head this would not be as big as problem if the bolt was not broke off in the head right were the exhaust leak is coming out of.
So a quick question do you guys think this could be the issue of the next two problems? Also any advice on getting that broken bolt out? I'm hoping it is sticking out far enough it looks like it may have half an inch outside the head but its hard to tell with the manifold on.
Running really rich
The car is running really rich going to fix exhaust leak see if it solves this issue.
Engine cuts off at 4500rpm - 5200rpm
Engine just cuts off at 4500-rpm to 5200rpm during high boost I'm thinking because the exhaust leak its running to rich and getting to much fuel need to get that fixed and see if this fixes the issue.
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Small list of things I will be fixing after the big stuff:
- Brake light stays on when emergency brake is down (going to check reservoir and the metal strip on the bottom of e brake in car)
- Driver side door does not open from out side
- Passenger side window does not roll down
- BOV is not recycling back into intake (the bov sounds awesome tho!)
- Change all fluids, radiator flush, oil change, tranny fluid change, check clutch & brake
- Oil temperature gauge on OEM dash not working
About the car:
Overall the car is mainly stock with some goodies that I know about.
- Evo 16g Turbo (I think its a real one not ebay, I believe the ebay's have the metal flat plaque instead of TD05)
- mechanical boost gauge that is reading wrong
- front coil over lowering (can hear them making noise on choppy roads)
- rims are the chrome and black fake three piece (think they are called katana's) I see every eclipse with them
- Aluminum radiator
And as far as I know that is really it.
So this is my first turbo car, I'm not a mechanic and I don't know anything about dsms. I'm glad to see a forum thats pretty active it takes a bit of the anxiety away knowing I have plenty of resources to search through and some people thats willing to help out a complete newb. If anyone is in the vegas area please let me know I need some dsm friends!
I will update this weekend and let you guys know how the exhaust leak goes I'm hoping I don't have to buy a new head. I'm sure I missed some things but if anyone has any comments advice or just want to say whats up please do so and thanks all!
Just got a 97 Eclipse Spyder GST. Picked it up knowing it will need work. It had recently passed smog so I was already going to plan on buying it but when I test drove it and felt boost for the first time it was all over.
After getting it home and running over the car checking the fluid and the connections etc (I'm no mechanic) I took it for an hour drive to see if any problems I could not spot would present themselves. Everything ran good and the boost is crazy. Awhile ago I had got a cheap honda civic 96 with the single cam and planned on building that up but I could never find an engine to swap (don't even know if I could do a swap by myself anyways). So this is what mainly drove me to purchase this when I seen it for sale already had a turbo.
My concerns:
Radiator Hose Swelling
While I drove it for about an hour and parked it at home the top radiator hose was swelling. Lot's of the hoses on the car are kinda old no cracks so is the radiator hose swelling because the hoses are old or could there be a bigger problem? Something clogging creating back pressure? A stuck thermostat etc? The swelling is not huge you can just tell its slightly larger then when cold.
Exhaust leak at manifold (Picture included)
This is my biggest problem I can see and I'm going to assume this is the cause of the two problems below, engine cuts out at 4500rpm - 5200rpm depending on gear during boost and running super rich.
So the exhaust leak you can feel coming out of the exhaust manifold gasket you can also see the black stain on the head this would not be as big as problem if the bolt was not broke off in the head right were the exhaust leak is coming out of.
So a quick question do you guys think this could be the issue of the next two problems? Also any advice on getting that broken bolt out? I'm hoping it is sticking out far enough it looks like it may have half an inch outside the head but its hard to tell with the manifold on.
Running really rich
The car is running really rich going to fix exhaust leak see if it solves this issue.
Engine cuts off at 4500rpm - 5200rpm
Engine just cuts off at 4500-rpm to 5200rpm during high boost I'm thinking because the exhaust leak its running to rich and getting to much fuel need to get that fixed and see if this fixes the issue.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Small list of things I will be fixing after the big stuff:
- Brake light stays on when emergency brake is down (going to check reservoir and the metal strip on the bottom of e brake in car)
- Driver side door does not open from out side
- Passenger side window does not roll down
- BOV is not recycling back into intake (the bov sounds awesome tho!)
- Change all fluids, radiator flush, oil change, tranny fluid change, check clutch & brake
- Oil temperature gauge on OEM dash not working
About the car:
Overall the car is mainly stock with some goodies that I know about.
- Evo 16g Turbo (I think its a real one not ebay, I believe the ebay's have the metal flat plaque instead of TD05)
- mechanical boost gauge that is reading wrong
- front coil over lowering (can hear them making noise on choppy roads)
- rims are the chrome and black fake three piece (think they are called katana's) I see every eclipse with them
- Aluminum radiator
And as far as I know that is really it.
So this is my first turbo car, I'm not a mechanic and I don't know anything about dsms. I'm glad to see a forum thats pretty active it takes a bit of the anxiety away knowing I have plenty of resources to search through and some people thats willing to help out a complete newb. If anyone is in the vegas area please let me know I need some dsm friends!
I will update this weekend and let you guys know how the exhaust leak goes I'm hoping I don't have to buy a new head. I'm sure I missed some things but if anyone has any comments advice or just want to say whats up please do so and thanks all!