DeNoZZo
10+ Year Contributor
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- Jul 6, 2008
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Waterloo,
Iowa
Bought it for 3500, and it has no major problems (that i know of). There were some things I noticed after I got home that could be trouble.
-The car ran fine and dandy when I went on the test drive. Started right up with little to no hesitation (140k miles), drove hard with no studdering/problems, etc. But I just noticed earlier when I was checking out the engine that the area were the drivers side radiator fan should be was empty. I looked, and there are wires hanging around where you would think it would be plugged in. Is this something that should be fixed right away? I drove it all the way home (30 mins), with one eye watching the road and one on the temp gauge (just because), and it did not go past half. Note: he said it has a 1g turbo. Would the turbo be in the way of the fan??? I also noticed that one of the bolts were missing that holds the turbo to the manifold. I would think that this would cause a boost leak, but the car holds steady at 15 psi. Another thing that happened when I had already bought the car was the clutch slipping or at least thats what i thought it was. But what do I know, i'm just a 17 yr old kid. It worked fine on the test drive, and I was ripping on it. But two hours later it slipped like crazy. I was going 30 and gunned it in 2nd, the rpm's shot way up, and it slowly accelerated and just felt like there was little to no connection between the motor and wheels... The owner said he just had a new clutch and shifter cables put in, would it be possible that it just isn't adjusted right?
Anyways, here are some pictures
You can see the missing bolt on the manifold, and the empty space where the fan should be.
-The car ran fine and dandy when I went on the test drive. Started right up with little to no hesitation (140k miles), drove hard with no studdering/problems, etc. But I just noticed earlier when I was checking out the engine that the area were the drivers side radiator fan should be was empty. I looked, and there are wires hanging around where you would think it would be plugged in. Is this something that should be fixed right away? I drove it all the way home (30 mins), with one eye watching the road and one on the temp gauge (just because), and it did not go past half. Note: he said it has a 1g turbo. Would the turbo be in the way of the fan??? I also noticed that one of the bolts were missing that holds the turbo to the manifold. I would think that this would cause a boost leak, but the car holds steady at 15 psi. Another thing that happened when I had already bought the car was the clutch slipping or at least thats what i thought it was. But what do I know, i'm just a 17 yr old kid. It worked fine on the test drive, and I was ripping on it. But two hours later it slipped like crazy. I was going 30 and gunned it in 2nd, the rpm's shot way up, and it slowly accelerated and just felt like there was little to no connection between the motor and wheels... The owner said he just had a new clutch and shifter cables put in, would it be possible that it just isn't adjusted right?
Anyways, here are some pictures
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You can see the missing bolt on the manifold, and the empty space where the fan should be.
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