Since I bought the car about a year ago, it has ran extremely rich. Sometimes I can actually see black smoke puff out of the back of the car when I get on the gas a little bit. As said in the title, the car is an automatic and it is completely stock (my daily driver). What would cause me to...

I have a 92 talon tsi awd for my daily driver...and its an automatic. Well, lately the car has started idling pretty rough...almost like I threw a pair of cams in there..ROFL...no seriously...its not quite that aggressive, but its kind of like a minor lope. After I get past idle I have no...

For the past 4-5 months, my talon has has a major squeeking problem. When I start up the car, occasionally it squeeks from under the hood pretty loudly (like a belt). It almost always squeeks when I turn my headlights on (draining power perhaps), which makes driving at night a major PITA. If...

That doesnt look that bad. I was also one of the lucky ones. My timing belt shredded when I was accelerating from a stop sign, and it only took 2 valves. Anyways...best of luck to you

My car has had the battery light on the dash for about a week now, and after a long period of driving (30 minutes or so) the light goes off. When I start the car the dummy light is always on, but my battery is...for the most part, charged, but it loses its charge if I let the car sit for more...

I havent checked it yet, but it started up fine today, and has been doing just fine. I dont know what the hell happened

I did search, but didnt find much about this particular problem.My battery is new....less than a month old, and has given me no problems other than tonight. I left for work today and my car was fine....but when I came out tonight to come home, the car was dead. 3 dash lights would light...

$2k for my 92 TSi AWD with 70k miles/brand new tranny (auto) a month ago. Body is in near perfect condition

Hey, I havent had a chance to get around to that yet :shhh: ROFL

I had the same problem, thats why I swapped out of 13g for a 14b. I was driving my car one night, and was on the gas hard. Smoke poured out of the exhaust, and made some weird noises. I later pulled off the intake and found a nut...it fell off the end of the compressor wheel. Check the wheel...

Today was the first day I really had it out on the road. I bought the car about a month ago, and 2 weeks after I bought it the timing belt stripped 24 teeth, and bent 2 exhaust valves. Once I got the head off, I was looking at the cams, and noticed the journals on the cams were all grooved up...

I got clearcorners, and the headlights are almost yellow compared. How would I go about it...is there a strong enough polish I could use, or should I lightly sand/polish?

My 92 TSi AWD has 70,824 miles, bought it a month ago with 69,9xx. Since then...new timing belt, new topend of engine, and new turbo

I bought mine a little over a month ago, and it has been down at least 2 weeks of that time. It has 70k miles on it, and the timing belt stripped teeth off, bent 2 valves...and my stock cams were messed up in the journals. The entire topend of the engine is new, and various other parts are...

Well, as I stated above...it was the PCV system. No more smoke, or oil pooled in the turbo. The car didnt smoke when it was hot, it smoked whenever it hit boost. Everything is fixed now though :thumb:

Yeah I meant in drive. In park I think it idles at 700-800.

Just curious...mine feels like it idles so low at 500-600rpm. Is that too low?

Would autozone or parts stores carry the gasket or should I just hop on a website and order them?And dsmpride...you might have just helped me out a bunch. I took off the extra PCV valve, and its running great. I took it for a spin, and it has great power, and no smoke. I havent checked...

Well you see, I just put this one on saturday ROFL :shhh:Hmm. The PCV system is a little awkward right now. No catch can, but two PCV valves. The stock valve was really bad...could suck air through, and blow air through. A buddy of mine had a suggestion...since the stock valve was...

As I posted in my other thread, I was getting smoke out of the exhaust from the turbo. I pulled off the intake and found oil in the turbo. Dont mind the coolant, I spilled a bit when I filled up ROFL

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The car ran, but it didnt feel like it boosted very well. By smoke, I meant that when I got on the gas, heavy smoke came from the back of the carHrm, I was looking through slowboy racing for banjo bolts, and saw crush washers, and realized I didnt put them on the oil line that runs into the...

Also, the compressor wheel in the turbo spins easily, but when I remove my finger from the compressor, it stops...it doesnt keep spinning. Should it keep spinning after I spin it, or should it just be a loose spin when I spin it with my finger?

I swapped from a 13g to a 14b over the weekend in my automatic 92 TSi AWD. I got the 14b bolted up, and noticed that the two coolant lines with the banjo bolts on the sides of the turbo were too small to swap from the 13g to the 14b. I wanted to test something out, so I locked off the coolant...

Is it a turbo car? Where is it leaking from? That info would help out. It could just have a bad oil cap, and oil could be seeping around the gasket and getting in the valve cover, then pooling out onto the ground. Its a common thing, ask him where the leak is coming from, or where the oil is.

It only took 10 hours because I had to figure out the problems with the bolts (The banjo bolts on the sides of the turbo), and I had to work with a lot of rusted bolts. It only took about an hour to get it back together. :thumb:

I got it all together, but i'll tell you....it was a bi***. A few bolts were different, and that screwed me all up. But its all together finally...after 10 hours :shhh: :sneaky:

I have a 92 TSI AWD auto...and my turbo took a shit, and I finally got my 14b in. I searched, but almost everything is for 2g. The 2 setups look pretty close. From what I can see, this should just be a direct unbolt/bolt up, right?

Mine did the same damn thing. 70k original miles. I was out following a few friends that were racing and a big screen of smoke came out of the exhaust. The compressor is locked up...but it will still turn about 1/2 inch going either which way. I can still drive my car, its just balls slow...

Yeah its a 6bolt. I forgot to add I have a 2g manifold on the way i'm planning to port. I need to take it easy with this car...its my beater and i'm wanting to do too much to it WTF :p

I bought the car about a month ago for $2k..and it has 70k on it. It is in pretty good condition, new tranny...but the outside needs some dents taken care of. 2 weeks ago the timing belt slipped (25 teeth ripped off of it)...and the guy I bought it from said he replaced it (obviously not). I...

I havent actually checked out the turbo itself...I'll pull the intake off tonight and look, but the car is running pretty good...just slow as balls of course. Compression was fine, plugs look good. Last week I replaced the head and cams, put an MLS headgasket on...and basically just rebuilt...

I know this has been covered a million times most likely, but I'm in class and cant search for some reason..it keeps popping up a page saying it wont work.Anyways, I was running my car a little hard on saturday night, and on my way home was going WOT...about 85mph, and a HUGE puff of smoke...

Well....I have been having problems with my 92 TSI AWD with 70k miles. For a week or so, the car smoked heavily from the exhaust...but then stopped...and ran fine. This past weekend I had the timing belt strip out on me (old owner didnt install it right), and it belt the exhaust valves...

So from what I have read...I need to have the rods machined....or else the pistons wont work..right?

How easily would this bolt up? What kind of modification would it take to bolt it up if any?*I would have searched, but this computer at work in ass slow. :coy:

I need to get new pistons, rods, and valves for my 92 TSI AWD. What websites have you guys dealt with that ship quickly? I've ordered a few things from a few different sites and a week and a half later the stuff still hasnt shipped...so i'm looking for a bit faster service.Thanks :thumb:

I have a 92 TSI AWD...they should be fine with those rods right?

As some of you know from my other thread, my 92 talon tsi awd has a bad piston ring, and 3 bad exhaust valves. Ive been looking at some parts, and decided to get 2g 8.5:1 pistons, SS valves, MLS headgasket, and a ported 2g exhaust manifold. Now my question is, will I be alright to run those...

So I assume that I should really avoid driving it until it is all fixed, right?

Hopefully I will be done with this by mid next week. If I dont decide to do a 5 spd swap anyways.Thanks for all the help guys, I wouldnt have figured this out without you!

I just got done with the leak down. From left to right....each cylinder pushed air through the exhaust manifold. The #4 cylinder pressed oil out of the oil cap though (cyl farthest to the right). Now what would you guys suggest? All new valve train, and piston rings?

The oil in the intake piping seems to just be coming from the crankcase. How do I do a leakdown test? That link didnt work

I just headed over to a friends place to check things out in his garage. We took the car out, and noticed the tap went away...We did notice the car was a bit slower though. The stock boost guage shows that my max boost is under 7psi right now. I have an aftermarket guage, but i've been...

Well I went out today to work on the car a bit, and noticed that when I put the car in drive, I get a slight ticking from the engine. Not loud...just tick tick tick tick at 1 second intervals. Valve tap?

After I put everything back together...I took the car out for a ride. It seems a little sluggish, but is running better than it did. I also noticed that I'm shooting blue smoke out the exhaust anymore. What gives? I messed with the PCV valve, and did the compression test...thats it. Now its...

Alright, I did the dry test over this time, this time WOT.150 120 140 137The wet turned out to be150 130 153 145The numbers are from passenger side to drivers side.. Are my rings totally f$*^ed?

I just ran a compression test.Cyl 1: 150 Cyl2: 135 Cyl3: 140 Cyl 4: 145How do those sound? What should the stock compression be?

Yeah I have that one figured out :)I'll be doing a compression test on it here in a few hours

Everything is stock still....I have quite a few things on the way, but they wont be going on until I find the problem.The turbo has no play at all, but there is oil in the i/c piping and the intake piping...The coolant is fine as well. Everything was fine yesterday, and the past 2 weeks...