Ok, the T-Type is parked for the season until I can get around to ripping it apart for loads of repairs. Prior to this, did the normal tune-up's to it to get it running after sitting for 3 years (did the spring cleaning thing off Gnttype). Car runs like a champ despite the dying turbo and trans. I was idling it before (try to do it every one or two weeks) and saw a bit of smoke, didn't smell like much of anything, but when I looked down into the driver's side of the engine bay saw that the header pipe going to the middle exhaust port was glowing orange...not molten lava orange, but you could tell it was hot. This was after no more than 5 minutes of idling. Engine runs fine, sounds fine, all the fluids check out ok.
Now when I first started the thing up (in November) I blew about 5lbs of mouse nest out of the tailpipes, what are the chances somethign may have made it that far up and has created a blockage?
I'm not quite sure as to what may be causing this so if anyone has a good suggestion or idea, please share it.
Thanks,
Sam
Now when I first started the thing up (in November) I blew about 5lbs of mouse nest out of the tailpipes, what are the chances somethign may have made it that far up and has created a blockage?
I'm not quite sure as to what may be causing this so if anyone has a good suggestion or idea, please share it.
Thanks,
Sam