32 Is Dead Again

[Daniel R32]

As some of you may know i have just had my engine rebuilt with arias forged pistons and just got it back on the road after every problem that can happen to someone. The car started out as a N/A and i converted it to turbo (BAD IDEA. . . . ) and now over 25 grand later i regret it more than anything in the world.

The problems i had were clutch and the turbo blowing at the same time while on the dyno, which put oil all through the new exhaust, the next day the fuel pump went, then the injectors couldnt keep up, then a few days later the motor blew. By this time it was too late to do anything as i was moving to karratha.

When i got here i started stripping the motor and sent the block away to be rebuilt, finally things were going my way. . . so i thought. I got the motor back in the car and started to wear it in.

I was curising along at bout 110-120 to burn out all of the oil in the exhaust which looked like it was working. . . then bout 20 mins later thick white smoke started coming out of the exhaust like the rings had gone again and also sprayed oil everywhere (in the engine bay) again which was another problem i was having. . . the dipstick kept blowing out.

So my question is this. . . What the hell do i do because im ready to drive this car over a cliff. . . .I have had more headaches and problems with this car than anything in my life.

Do i fix it again and just wait for it to happen again, or do i just strip the car and sell it in bits and then buy another skyline (R34 GT-T) or just sell the car as it is. . . . Any help would be awesome guys as i really am lost on this one, ill put a list of mods so you can see if its worth fixing or gettint rid of

Mods to it at the moment are

Haltech E-11 ecu

Xforce 3in turbo back exhust

High flowed, steel wheels and new seals in the turbo

Walbro 550 hp in tank pump

300 x 600 fmic

custom piping

Turbosmart supersonic bov and plumb back kit

Arias forged pistons, rings and pins

Autometer guages (tacho, oil pressure and air/fuel all cobalt series)

Custom front bar

This is a video of when it happened Edited October 8, 2007 by Daniel R32

[bubba]

Check the breather setup on the rocker covers.. blowing the dipstick out sounds like excess crankcase pressure..

[gazza750]

could be cracked pipe to pcv

[Daniel R32]

yeah i made a tempory catch can with a bottle and some garden hose and it blew the hose out even with a breather hole

PCV?

Edited October 6, 2007 by Daniel R32

[SkyDragon]

Gee mate that’s not a good story at all.

Personally I would consider stripping and selling, and buying a 34GTT as you mentioned. It is an expensive exercise trying to make a NA car turbo (as you seem to already know), it goes so much further than just the engine and therefore is $$$ and there can be little re-assurance in determining what the outcomes may be. Usually if you have a trust worthy and highly skilled mechanic and tuner on hand this type of project can be successful. Plus the fact that you probably dont see the 32 in the most positive light anymore...

Anyway good luck!

[Hotrod]

I agree with SkyDragon

Sell the parts and put it toward a R34 GT-T before you drive it over a cliff.

[Daniel R32]

Gee mate that's not a good story at all.

Personally I would consider stripping and selling, and buying a 34GTT as you mentioned. It is an expensive exercise trying to make a NA car turbo (as you seem to already know), it goes so much further than just the engine and therefore is $$$ and there can be little re-assurance in determining what the outcomes may be. Usually if you have a trust worthy and highly skilled mechanic and tuner on hand this type of project can be successful. Plus the fact that you probably dont see the 32 in the most positive light anymore...

Anyway good luck!

Yeah i got a really good mechanic. . my dad he ued to work on jags, porshes, rolls royce, ferraris and other stuff like that and also all the mining equipment. Also had it tuned at intune performance by aaron and hes helped me out alot.

I do still see the 32 as a good car but now im just over my car and want to start fresh

Cheers

[342Four]

it could be the PCV

if you had a breather set up and it still blew the dipstick then it could be clogged

im sure there is a DIY on how to clean the PCV and hopefully for you it should fix it

[Daniel R32]

Again PCV?

dipstick is cable tied down atm, it blew the hose out of the top of the bottle

[342Four]

here:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/t1...html&hl=pcv

this is all i could find

pcv stands for positive crankcase ventilation

its a little one way valve that relieves built up pressure in the crankcase

if thats buggered then pressure can build up and boom - out comes your dipstick

should be screwed into your rocker cover somewhere and the hose from it goes into the plenum

Edited October 6, 2007 by 342Four

[Daniel R32]

Oh that yeah, the spring in it has lost its effect thats why we made up a tempory catch can to test it out, and even with that it still blew the hose out of the bottle

[342Four]

so you in effect had no pcv at all??

i reckon it would be worth pulling it out, cleaning it with carby cleaner so it rattles properly, check all hoses that come from the engine and go to the plenum for leaks

[r32woohoo]

Get another wrecker rb20det in it

and if you blow that just buy another one

they're cheap anyway

[Daniel R32]

My dad seems to think the rear seal on the turbo has gone again, even though it has been rebuilt. There is too much smoke coming out to be a blocked hose or something like that. Ill put up a vid when i work out how to

[Denver]

done a compression and leak down test on it?

first things first, blowing the dipstick out is usually caused by excessive piston blow by

so do a comp and leak down and see whats going on there before you do anything else..

[Daniel R32]

The motor has just been rebuilt. Ive only been driving since wednesday and still running it in, and only done bout 200kms

[Daniel R32]

So any ideas on what i should do with it? Strip the parts and sell them, sell the car as it is or fix it up again?

[R DIRTY 3]

Buy a 33 half cut with a 25DET and put that in. Simple conversion!

[R32SKYRINE]

hey mate you might as well keep with the 32 and maybe look at droppin a rb25 in or bigger:) it would be a waste to give up now

p.s. your mom picked up the spoiler everythings sweet cheers

ty

[agent_provocateur]

guys i dont think he wants to spend more money since he just spent a pile rebuilding the engine... now your sugesting that he go and buy another engine?? i wouldnt if i was in this situation..

take it to a mech and get him to figure out the problem