Ok guys let's see if y'all can help me keep from losing my mind. I have a 90 Anni. edition that is a very nice car, and in very good condition. Thanks to you guys here on the forum it looks even nicer than when I bought it. New wheels and tires purchased here, as well as Eibach's purchased from here as well. Painted my calipers, new drilled/slotted rotors all around. I Love the looks of this thing. Here is my problem.....
Soon after I bought the car I realized that it had a blown head gasket, so I put of the repair until I had accumulated all the necessary parts. I bought most everything used, and from sellers on this forum. Engine parts I bought include; 42 lb injectors, 73mm maf with red tube (works with the injectors per the manufactures website), late model blower, Kooks headers, and I bought a spare set of heads to have machined so that we wouldn't have to wait on the ones from my car. Everything "supposedly" went back together correctly, with the exception of the headers not having the egr bung. I towed the SC to a muffler shop and had cats connected to the headers and hooked up my factory exhaust (for now). Now for the symptoms.
After my mechanic finished putting the car back together he called me and said that the car wouldn't run worth crap, but blamed it on the absence of back pressure. After taking it to have the exhaust hooked up, the symptoms persist. The car will start almost immediately, but will not idle AT ALL. You can keep it running by feathering the throttle, but even that isn't smooth at all. I did drive it this evening for about 15 minutes, just to see if the computer could even out any of the issues, and strangely never got a CEL. It runs the best at about 1/2 throttle, and falls on its face at full throttle. When it is running, it doesn't seem to have any power at all. It ran very rough, sputtering and slightly backfiring. The only visible issues are; It has developed a substantial oil leak, and the boost gauge doesn't move at all. I have no idea where to start, because I neither tore it down, or put it back together, so I'm hoping one of you can point us in the right direction. Somebody had similar issues and fixed their problem by doing something with an intercooler tube or something. I really do believe I have some kind of leak somewhere.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have to get this car running before my mechanic lights a match to it. Lol!!
Thanks
Barberben
Soon after I bought the car I realized that it had a blown head gasket, so I put of the repair until I had accumulated all the necessary parts. I bought most everything used, and from sellers on this forum. Engine parts I bought include; 42 lb injectors, 73mm maf with red tube (works with the injectors per the manufactures website), late model blower, Kooks headers, and I bought a spare set of heads to have machined so that we wouldn't have to wait on the ones from my car. Everything "supposedly" went back together correctly, with the exception of the headers not having the egr bung. I towed the SC to a muffler shop and had cats connected to the headers and hooked up my factory exhaust (for now). Now for the symptoms.
After my mechanic finished putting the car back together he called me and said that the car wouldn't run worth crap, but blamed it on the absence of back pressure. After taking it to have the exhaust hooked up, the symptoms persist. The car will start almost immediately, but will not idle AT ALL. You can keep it running by feathering the throttle, but even that isn't smooth at all. I did drive it this evening for about 15 minutes, just to see if the computer could even out any of the issues, and strangely never got a CEL. It runs the best at about 1/2 throttle, and falls on its face at full throttle. When it is running, it doesn't seem to have any power at all. It ran very rough, sputtering and slightly backfiring. The only visible issues are; It has developed a substantial oil leak, and the boost gauge doesn't move at all. I have no idea where to start, because I neither tore it down, or put it back together, so I'm hoping one of you can point us in the right direction. Somebody had similar issues and fixed their problem by doing something with an intercooler tube or something. I really do believe I have some kind of leak somewhere.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have to get this car running before my mechanic lights a match to it. Lol!!
Thanks
Barberben