Okay,
Here's the story... I busted something, what I believe is a turbo gasket/manifold thinggy.
First of all I blew an intercooler pipe (the one right up near the throttle body) which basically just loosened and sat there, it didn't pop off anywhere....
I heard a funny sound so I limped it home.
This caused intake oil to be sprayed all over the goddam place, down the intake pipes, on the rocker cover, even reaching the opposite strut tower. The place was a mess.
Now I also have a funny "exhaust leak" (well, that's what it sounds like anyway) coming from around the turbo area. I pulled it all off last night (no sick connotations pls) and didn't see anything physically wrong with the turbo, everything looks norm.
Of course in doing this I rounded two nuts off the bloody heatshield cover (the ones closest to the firewall that get really hot), lucky i still have the other 3 holding it on.
So the next step i think would be to take off the turbo manifold heatshield and take a look under there to see what I can see. Who knows, maybe it's just the gasket between the turbo and the manifold (common fault I hear)
My question is, what else could it be ? And where would I goto get such a thing fixed? Do i take off the part and bring it to someone or what ?
Any help would be great guys.... but for now my car is off the road and I'm not risking driving it until it's fixed. Probably won't be at the cruise on sunday. grrr!
Back to the Accent we go.....
-Kym.