Hello All have multiple problems and wondering where to start

[96eclipsespydergst]

Hello everyone and thanks for letting me join I have a 1996 eclipse spyder gst not sure if its the 4g63t or just the 4g63 as well as haven't figured out if its a 6 or 7 bolt yet either.. I purchased the car and the motor has some junk yard items on the engine... I know the valve cover and cam cover have junkyard numbers across them not sure if the head or block came from there.. so my assumption is that ill go off the miles that are on the car which are 207,000 miles... I know I want to rebuild the motor when I get a secondary vehicle.. but I have multiple problems going on after work one day I started the car and had white smoke fill up the cabin and out the exhaust took it to autozone turned it off and it hasn't smoked since... I did a compression test and all cylinders are around 150 don't think its that so my assumption then went to the turbo being bad... my factory boost gauge didn't move for a while and now seemed to have freed up... I have coolent leaking out my turbo I know this so I either need to repair or replace my turbo... then number 2 problem is that I have an oil leak as well I have oil coming out the top of cylinder 4 going into the valve cover... but as well as by the cam gear I have oil dripping down to my oil pump and oil cooler... I am not sure if the oil cooler has a leak as well so I was looking at re sealing the oil cooler..... my question is which should I work on first.. the turbo or the valve cover gasket/ oil cooler.... I will be wanting to remove the balance shaft eventually and do some upgrading... as far as stage 1.... is it worth replacing the factoy t25 to a 16g right away... I am so confused at what to do

 

[BogusSVO]

Well, where to start.

4g63 = NON turbo
4g63T = Turbo

With what all you said in the post, sounds like you have a turbo on the car.

Also please break up your posts into paragraphs, makes it easier to tead.

For your problems, Start with the oil leaks, VC gasket and cam seals sound like they need replaced.
Check your timing belt, if it is oil soaked, replace that too.

Is your turbo water cooled? If so you may have a line leaking that is an issue.

What do you mean you have oil coming out of #4 cylinder and going into the VC?

 

[kleenf4i]

What do you mean you have oil coming out of #4 cylinder and going into the VC?

probably the valve cover spark plug grommet. other than that ^ what he said. Hes a huge help to me, so good luck.

 

[snowborder714]

Please try again with a more descriptive thread title. A generic thread title like this does not help me when browsing new threads to see if I can offer help or when searching old threads for info to help myself or others.