Anachrome
Proven Member
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- Oct 8, 2014
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Mulberry,
Indiana
Today, I drove 2 hours to purchase a 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi Awd.
before I looked at the car, I knew the following:
Had a new clutch, just needed bled.
asthetic issues
no power steering.
The seller lived in an extremely urban area, and I wasn't able to get up past 30 in our test drive due to stop signs, etc.
I knew the clutch had an issue simply because it went straight to the floor. Anyways he wanted 1500 for it, and I was like nope.jpg. Ended up getting it for 1080. What a steal right?
Nope.
On the way home, I filled up with premium just because I know turbos love them some premium. As I was filling up the filler neck was slightly leaking...Yay.
As I went on, I "assumed" that the slow take offs were due to the clutch issue, and I didn't think anything of it. Once I got to 60, whatever, it was a fairly simple ride. My buddy was leading in my car. However when he'd pull away, I'd try to accelerate and as I would accelerate the car would rev....think about it...and then I'd feel something bump underneath me and I'd start to go.
After 2 grueling hours of no PS, a bad clutch, and the rain. I got home. Parked it, and headed to work. After work my friend came over and we decided we'd park it at my dads so I could do the power steering pump swap. It came with a bunch of random parts, including a "new PS pump" and another clutch from a laser RS.
After letting her warm up for about 8 minutes or so, I back up, and theres a slight incline from the driveway to the road. I couldn't get up the incline. After my friend pushed me up that incline, I popped it into second, and just tried to go. It was midnight, (ie an hour ago) so I kept the revs low-ish, but I still went about 5mph. I stopped, put it in first, and was able to get to 15 or 20, at about 5k. I went into second, kept the speed. went for 3rd, and hit 35, where I was able to go no faster. after a bit, I went for 4th, and started slowing down. peaked at about 7k revs for a bit, trying to get it to go, downshifting to first, my buddy stopped me. The intake was cherry hot, and smoking. Needless to say, we let her cool down for about 20m, and tried again. After I got back to 25, I didn't get anywhere, so I parked it. 50 minutes later, and I made it 3.5 miles. How was I able to drive 89 miles one way, at speeds around 55-70, and yet now I can't get out of a simple incline.
My concerns:
My buddy was able to smell burnt clutch from his car. My thoughts: The clutch isn't disengaging, and I'm just burning the hell out of it.
Could this also be a transfer case/transmission issue?
Some information about the car:
158k miles
rebuilt head within the last 8ishk miles, as 2 previous owners before tried to freeboost 30psi in it. After rebuilding the head, the shop he frequented threatened to cut him off of rebuilds if he didn't remove manual boost controller. The most recent owner then put it back on, and ran it at 15psi.
Its got an aftermarket air intake
"new clutch just needs bled"
And I've got an extra ps pump that is supposed to be good, along with a second clutch and pressure plate.
Guys, I've been lurking here as I've wanted an AWD for the winter, to save wear and tear on my Scion TC, and after finding this one, I figured it'd be fairly solid. I assumed the slow starts were from the clutch. Would a clutch hurt the ability to go anywhere, that badly? Or could it be a tranmission/transfer case issue. I appreciate any and all help.
before I looked at the car, I knew the following:
Had a new clutch, just needed bled.
asthetic issues
no power steering.
The seller lived in an extremely urban area, and I wasn't able to get up past 30 in our test drive due to stop signs, etc.
I knew the clutch had an issue simply because it went straight to the floor. Anyways he wanted 1500 for it, and I was like nope.jpg. Ended up getting it for 1080. What a steal right?
Nope.
On the way home, I filled up with premium just because I know turbos love them some premium. As I was filling up the filler neck was slightly leaking...Yay.
As I went on, I "assumed" that the slow take offs were due to the clutch issue, and I didn't think anything of it. Once I got to 60, whatever, it was a fairly simple ride. My buddy was leading in my car. However when he'd pull away, I'd try to accelerate and as I would accelerate the car would rev....think about it...and then I'd feel something bump underneath me and I'd start to go.
After 2 grueling hours of no PS, a bad clutch, and the rain. I got home. Parked it, and headed to work. After work my friend came over and we decided we'd park it at my dads so I could do the power steering pump swap. It came with a bunch of random parts, including a "new PS pump" and another clutch from a laser RS.
After letting her warm up for about 8 minutes or so, I back up, and theres a slight incline from the driveway to the road. I couldn't get up the incline. After my friend pushed me up that incline, I popped it into second, and just tried to go. It was midnight, (ie an hour ago) so I kept the revs low-ish, but I still went about 5mph. I stopped, put it in first, and was able to get to 15 or 20, at about 5k. I went into second, kept the speed. went for 3rd, and hit 35, where I was able to go no faster. after a bit, I went for 4th, and started slowing down. peaked at about 7k revs for a bit, trying to get it to go, downshifting to first, my buddy stopped me. The intake was cherry hot, and smoking. Needless to say, we let her cool down for about 20m, and tried again. After I got back to 25, I didn't get anywhere, so I parked it. 50 minutes later, and I made it 3.5 miles. How was I able to drive 89 miles one way, at speeds around 55-70, and yet now I can't get out of a simple incline.
My concerns:
My buddy was able to smell burnt clutch from his car. My thoughts: The clutch isn't disengaging, and I'm just burning the hell out of it.
Could this also be a transfer case/transmission issue?
Some information about the car:
158k miles
rebuilt head within the last 8ishk miles, as 2 previous owners before tried to freeboost 30psi in it. After rebuilding the head, the shop he frequented threatened to cut him off of rebuilds if he didn't remove manual boost controller. The most recent owner then put it back on, and ran it at 15psi.
Its got an aftermarket air intake
"new clutch just needs bled"
And I've got an extra ps pump that is supposed to be good, along with a second clutch and pressure plate.
Guys, I've been lurking here as I've wanted an AWD for the winter, to save wear and tear on my Scion TC, and after finding this one, I figured it'd be fairly solid. I assumed the slow starts were from the clutch. Would a clutch hurt the ability to go anywhere, that badly? Or could it be a tranmission/transfer case issue. I appreciate any and all help.
I've had ppl recommend adjusting the clutch pedal. some say possible throw out bearing. Any suggestions???? I also had another question. I was looking in the hood and took my spark plug cover off, and there seems to be oil in that area. Is it possible that the gasket valve covers need to be replaced?
. Then isntall like normal, you might want to wait 10-20 min for the rtv to set alittle. Be sure not to use to much your just using it to push the gasket against the valve cover and seal again! I've actually done it to all my caps and havnt had a issue yet, it makes it seal nice and tight! 
