I recently have put my car pack together after replacing the whole drivetrain. My mods are below. I think I'm having blown headgasket symptoms, but want to try every possibility that I can before I tear the motor apart again.
The car will not idle when you first start it up. It bounces around a little bit and may idle for a minute, but will eventually start choking and die. I don't believe that it is due to a vacuum leak. I'm been through my vacuum line 3 or 4 times.
When you start to tr drive it down the road and then stop it will idle, a bit rough, but it idles. However, you can be sitting at a light and all of a sudden it will try to die. Have to give it gas to get it running.
Also, there is a decent amount of coolant leaking out when I shut the car off after driving it. The water pump is about a year old, and the coolant does not seem to come from the radiator or any part of the cooling system. The car feels slightly soft on the top, but is not running too bad.
Checked plug wires, and all vacuum lines. Headgaskets were done about 10k miles ago when I put the worked heads on. The bad cold running and the leaking coolant/oil are my main reasons for thinking headgaskets. The car makes 15+ lbs. of boost. I am running a 75 dry shot on it, but symptoms started before I ever sprayed the car. At the time I thouht it was just a vacuum leak.
Any input, suggestions, or personal expierience stories would be greatly appriciated.
Brandon
The car will not idle when you first start it up. It bounces around a little bit and may idle for a minute, but will eventually start choking and die. I don't believe that it is due to a vacuum leak. I'm been through my vacuum line 3 or 4 times.
When you start to tr drive it down the road and then stop it will idle, a bit rough, but it idles. However, you can be sitting at a light and all of a sudden it will try to die. Have to give it gas to get it running.
Also, there is a decent amount of coolant leaking out when I shut the car off after driving it. The water pump is about a year old, and the coolant does not seem to come from the radiator or any part of the cooling system. The car feels slightly soft on the top, but is not running too bad.
Checked plug wires, and all vacuum lines. Headgaskets were done about 10k miles ago when I put the worked heads on. The bad cold running and the leaking coolant/oil are my main reasons for thinking headgaskets. The car makes 15+ lbs. of boost. I am running a 75 dry shot on it, but symptoms started before I ever sprayed the car. At the time I thouht it was just a vacuum leak.
Any input, suggestions, or personal expierience stories would be greatly appriciated.
Brandon