Re: head toast? (long)

[Paul Maione <paulmaione@videotron.ca>]

> Paul, if it makes you feel any better, I hate my car right now too. My
>automatic trans went *PoOf* on me yesterday...bigtime.  Shit, another repair
>bill I just can't afford right now.
>
>Fuck fuck fuck.
>
>Let's go to the pub and get pissed. :))

Marie, you name the shack, and i'm there.
no question.
:)

paul
(still wacked out)



>Marie
>Helios Blue '88 Scirocco Slegato (Blown trans at the moment... GUH!)
>
>
>
>>hey everyone.
>>
>>i hate this car.
>>bigtime.
>>alright, so forget about this sputter problem i have, i think
>>i got some SERIOUS shit to worry about!! alright, so i lean out
>>the car the other day and drive it home, hoping it would calm
>>down this sputtering. did nothing.i take off driving to go git grub
>>and my buddy behind me calls me on my cell and tells me that my car is
>>PUKING out white smoke. i was like WTF? so i don't nail it. i drive
>>it home and leave it there. bring it to work the next day and notice
>>that it doesn't stop blowing white. i richen it again, and it won't
>>stop. odd. keep checking to see why it's sputtering and i notice
>>that my intake boot was cracked on the side, replace that. doesn't
>>do anything. anyways, when i took off the boot i noticed that
>>there was a little bit of oil accumulation on the plate for the
>>air/fuel distributor. so i cleaned it and didn't think much of it because i
>>was so
>>wacked out with the sputtering. i take it to a buddy's house
>>and i notice now that it's blowing blue smoke. now i'm really wacked.
>>we play with the fuel, doesn't do anything. i figure when it's blue it's
>>blue. also my oil level was dropping so i knew it was burning it.
>>
>>so we're about to do a Lubro Moly Fuel Purging, when i take off
>>the boot and there is a HUGE PUDDLE of oil on the plate. there was
>>oil in my idle stabilizer, throttle body, EVERYWHERE. so while we're
>>purging, i disconnect the hose that goes into the air box from the
>>block breather and it's spewing out oil. yikes. so i park it there and
>>don't drive it for the rest of the night. i come back and i was going to
>>bring it to work and leave it there so i can work it. while driving it
>>there it
>>starts making this horrible clackin noise that sounds like it's coming
>>from the head. i stop it and call to get it towed.
>>
>>now it's at work. i took the valve cover off to check and see if i could
>>see anything. there was nothing obvious. what's the next step? i was
>>thinking of
>>running a compression test to see if the rings are blown. bent valve?
>>headgasket? fuck!! 12,000 kms and it's toast? man, i'm totally wacking out.
>>
>>thanks for listening to me rant.
>>
>>paul
>>87' scirocco16v
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>>
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