I have a 82 sport coupe in excelent shape. 49,000 original miles no rust looks like new. Of course with its age dry rot is a problem. I did not know anything about a turbo car so I have learned a lot from here and before black. It ran good after I had changed the air filter and had the exhaust replaced. After nailing it one day and the valves knocked bad I found out that the ESC wire was disconnected. I got it back on but now oil is coming out of the drivers side exhaust manifold. I'm almost certain that the head gasket has blown. It smokes real bad but there is no anti freeze in the oil. I read from cottons performance.com that detonation can cause the head gasket to blow. I'd like to know if you guys think this is what has happened?
The car is in awesome shape and I want it fixed right. I'm also going to have all the turbo seals , gaskets and ESC sensor replaced. The person I found that will do it is into drag racing, he has a Super Stock Mustang and was voted in Readers Digest magazine as one of Americas most honest mechanics. He said he replaced a head gasket on a 4 cylinder mopar turbo beacuse of the smoke only to find out the turbo was cracked. Is there a history of the turbo cracking in this car? You input would help.
Thanks.
The car is in awesome shape and I want it fixed right. I'm also going to have all the turbo seals , gaskets and ESC sensor replaced. The person I found that will do it is into drag racing, he has a Super Stock Mustang and was voted in Readers Digest magazine as one of Americas most honest mechanics. He said he replaced a head gasket on a 4 cylinder mopar turbo beacuse of the smoke only to find out the turbo was cracked. Is there a history of the turbo cracking in this car? You input would help.
Thanks.