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okay now I might have to take the idea of the trubo off my mind.. car is fully running like its on 4 cylinders of somethign the whole thing vibrates when idling and sounds like a wrx under acceleration.. guess Ill just have to see what my mechanic says tomoz :D

Update: Mechanic reckons is runnign on 5 maybe 4 cylinders.. he told me to check plugs (i've replaced them), check the fuel return to the furl tank as in might have been blocked and flooding the engine (which I've done runs fine), then he said ignition module (swapped this with my mates made no difference) next up is coil packs, and if not those maybe a blown gasket between the cylinders.. any other suggestions..

Alright I think i've discovered the problem.. I replaced the whole ignition system with that of my mates r33 so I knwo it works fine.. I then proceeded to unplug each coilpack lead one at a time.. as expected the idle changed slightly.. however when I got to the 5th cylinder and unplugged in no change.. im guess this means a problem in cylinder 5..and according to the above problems I'm think maybe a bent valve or valve spring etc.. does that sound possible??

Yes............ Or a crack through the piston ring land.

But unplugging the coil pack on that cylinder still should have made a differance. Maybe the coil pack is faulty or even the loom from the module to the coil pack. Try and swap the loom from your mate's car.

PS: Make sure you have the same series engine (ie: S1 coil packs will not work in S2 engines and vis-versa)

Have you done a compression test yet.

hey guys my turbo i think, makes a noise like this RRREEEEEEEEEE lol, under load, hi revs..

i think its standard 32 but i could be wrong, still ceramic an all..

um and 15psi gets put threw it every day..

goodnight turbo?

fan belt stretchin under load?

how long left till turbo dies?

can i screw the engine if i keep it up?

sorry to hijack...

thanks chris

Yea my turbo makes same noise u mean like a winding noise, its could be the bearings and such when i got my car serviced my mechanic which is benno from racepace called up and said that turbo makeing winding noise and could be on its way, he suggested not to do a dyno because it could blow up then and it could not said should get new one befor i do a dyno, as for how long i dont know i geuss it depends how you drive the skyline and if you use it allot.

Yes............ Or a crack through the piston ring land.

But unplugging the coil pack on that cylinder still should have made a differance. Maybe the coil pack is faulty or even the loom from the module to the coil pack. Try and swap the loom from your mate's car.

PS: Make sure you have the same series engine (ie: S1 coil packs will not work in S2 engines and vis-versa)

Have you done a compression test yet.

Definately nothing in cyclinder 5 and we swapped everything between the two cars.. igntion module, loom, coilpack the lot..I pulled the plugs and plug number 5 had a build up of what looked like oil on it (keeping in mind brand new plugs were fitted yesterday) I also noticed when shining a torch through the plug hole a build up of black sludgy gunk on the top of the head (or whatever ya wanna refer to it as) in both cylinder 4 and 5.. the rest were absolutely clean (i could see bare metal)

Update: Looks like a gasket, between cylinder 4 and 5...umm water coming out the exhaust, umm cylinders missing.. and when you rev it coolant comes out the radiator cap rather than runs away from it.. if that makes sense..

eh and got the compression test shit here so will do one tomoz for confirmation a head gasket doesnt worry me as much as engine damage.. im going to europe for 2motnhs shortly and my bro is a mechanic so he ca do his work while I'm away :D

It defiantly sounds like the common symptoms of a head gasket. My mate just got himself a subaru rs wagon and he has all the same problems as what your having, exept in his case oil has forced its way down his heater hose and is now filling his floor with oil and coolent lol.

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