Chicago Crew Thread #2

[Damon]

1) We usually go up to Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, WI.

2) Greg has YET to open up the "Flying Banana" at the track. Maybe he'll finally take off his panties and see what that car can do.

3) Andy drinks like a 4 year old schoolgirl. If I drank a 40 and belched he'd get drunk off the fumes.

4) I'm really hungry... anybody got a sandwich?


- that is all -

[Drjekkyl3]

Originally Posted by Damon

1) We usually go up to Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, WI.

2) Greg has YET to open up the "Flying Banana" at the track. Maybe he'll finally take off his panties and see what that car can do.

3) Andy drinks like a 4 year old schoolgirl. If I drank a 40 and belched he'd get drunk off the fumes.

4) I'm really hungry... anybody got a sandwich?


- that is all -

All this trash talk, does that mean you're coming up, or does your girlfriend have your nuts by a rope and won't let you out to play

[saiyin car]

now now ladys fight nice!!!

uh Sanjay have you recently been to hooters in the past 9 months???


just wondering

[EVILTWIN]

Originally Posted by saiyin car

now now ladys fight nice!!!

uh Sanjay have you recently been to hooters in the past 9 months???


just wondering

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Turbodrvn]

I've used the Search feature and researched this issue extensively:

Okay guys....here's what's been happening:

For years I was running around in the vr4 with a leaky rear turbo return line.
We fixed it with a brand new Mitsu. OEM return line when we installed the 3sx motor mounts. So obviously I was driving around with an "unsealed" motor before we fixed that return line. I had no bluish smoke from tailpipes between shifts or oil spewing out of the oil cap or diptick before we fixed that return line.

Ever since then we fixed that rear turbo return line: And ever since I get the following symptoms:

1) oil leaking out of oil cap and spewing oil everywhere
2) oil dipstick popping out and spewing oil everywhere
3) bluish smoke coming out of tailpipes between shifts after a high boost run (after car is warmed up. No oil bluish smoke occurs from tailpipes between shifts when car is cold)

So over the last 8 months, here's what's been done (one step at a time) to help diagnose and cure my problems:

new oil cap ; didn't work so added another rubber gasket in the new oil cap;
new dipstick and crimped the dipstick oil tube to make a firmer seal. problem still there.

Installed Band New Krankvents; didn't work. Tried with new pcv as well as switching to a gutted pcv. still didn't work; oil problem still there. Double checked to see if Krankvents were installed backwards, they were definitely installed correct. Checked all hoses to see if there was any accumulation of sludge/dirt/oil/etc. within the hose lines (even the one between the front and rear valve covers). problem is still there.

So I'm thinking, "Now that my engine is all "sealed" up with no leaks; damn, I may have internal engine problems?" with all this blow by. So we did a dry compression test; showed good healthy #'s. from 145 - 150 psi across all banks.

So we then did a leak down test; showed a 1% variance across all banks; which proves the motor is quite healthy even with 113K miles!! ;-)
Recently we removed the Krankvents and installed catch cans in hopes of curing my issues. Kept the gutted pcv on; oil problem still there.

I wonder if I should try the new stock pcv? will try, but doubt it'll work since I tried in the past w/ the Krankvents with no luck.

before we fixed that damn leaking rear turbo return line; the car ran extremely well and healthy with absolutely no smoke or oil spewing everywhere from the dipstick and oil cap (from too much pressure).

We're running out of ideas on what to check next. Are we missing something here?

Help!!

So any ideas?

Could a faulty oil pump be the cause of my issues? I doubt it...but thought I'd inquire.

thanks in advance for any other suggestions, guys. And sorry for the long post, but I thought I should be as detailed as possible.

[EVILTWIN]

turbo seals maybe? no clue, sorry to hear you are having problems with that beauty.

[saiyin car]

Originally Posted by Turbodrvn

So any ideas?

have you tried a little smaller oil return line inside diameter? i read somewhere that that oil line shouldnt be allowed to move "LARGE" amounts of oil and should be regulated.. maybe an oil catch basin connected to the oil retuen line? mounted to the fire wall?

sounds like you have done extensive research on this problem.. im surrious to find out what any of teh tuners think about this especially the ones that call themselves "TURBO EXPERTS"

[3000SL95]

Hey guys, this is kinda off topic but i didn't wknow where else to post. I figured i'd subscribe to this thread, i'm from chicago area(wheaton) and i'm looking to get into the whole chicago 3s scene. So yea let me know next time people are meeting up, i'd love to come chill the chitown crew.

[Sanjay]

Originally Posted by saiyin car

now now ladys fight nice!!!

uh Sanjay have you recently been to hooters in the past 9 months???


just wondering

LMAO!!! That's too funny dude! You know I can't resist a hooters girl in the backroom! hehe But, no that one is not mine!


-Sanjay

PS: Andy, Damon's right....u drink like a little girl and u'd be drunk on fumes at one of our parties! lol

[Sanjay]

Originally Posted by 3000SL95

Hey guys, this is kinda off topic but i didn't wknow where else to post. I figured i'd subscribe to this thread, i'm from chicago area(wheaton) and i'm looking to get into the whole chicago 3s scene. So yea let me know next time people are meeting up, i'd love to come chill the chitown crew.

Hey, nice lookin spyder! Welcome to the group, but you forgot to tell us who you are, and where yer from....I can see wheaton, but...ya gotta introduce yourself!


-Sanjay