Well I just made a 2,000km trip in my 89 Turbo without incident, however over the following few days the car has been acting up a bit. I believe the valve stem seals are toast because it's smoking a bit on start up and it feels a bit gutless but after cruising along for a few minutes it then clears up and it feels strong again and the smoke goes away. It's a blue-ish/white smoke and from what I know it's typically the valve stem seals if it does clear up once the pressure builds back up again.
If this was the only problem then I wouldn't be so concerned but today it did something else strange...
I went to start the car and it made a loud-ish clack sound like the starter locked up and it wouldn't start, I tried to start it again and it was trying to fire up but couldnt. It almost sounded as if the battery was flat, as it was repeatidly trying to fire up but it just wouldn't go. I shifted it out of neutral and into first gear, then back into neutral again and it started up fine! Im thinking that may have been a coincidence though. What am I looking at here? A screwy starter motor? I know the transmission needs a rebuild, but I'm just trying to eliminate anything else that could possibly cause this. Another odd thing is that the vacuum pump is really noisy when the air con is turned on...
Besides the above the car runs like a champ, once it's started and the smoke clears up it pulls hard and feels normal. I have been expecting something to go wrong with this car, as I've only had it a short time and it's done 230,000kms so it's about due. I got it for a good price so I expected it to need some work but I'm just trying to get an idea at what I'm looking at here... Thanks!
If this was the only problem then I wouldn't be so concerned but today it did something else strange...
I went to start the car and it made a loud-ish clack sound like the starter locked up and it wouldn't start, I tried to start it again and it was trying to fire up but couldnt. It almost sounded as if the battery was flat, as it was repeatidly trying to fire up but it just wouldn't go. I shifted it out of neutral and into first gear, then back into neutral again and it started up fine! Im thinking that may have been a coincidence though. What am I looking at here? A screwy starter motor? I know the transmission needs a rebuild, but I'm just trying to eliminate anything else that could possibly cause this. Another odd thing is that the vacuum pump is really noisy when the air con is turned on...
Besides the above the car runs like a champ, once it's started and the smoke clears up it pulls hard and feels normal. I have been expecting something to go wrong with this car, as I've only had it a short time and it's done 230,000kms so it's about due. I got it for a good price so I expected it to need some work but I'm just trying to get an idea at what I'm looking at here... Thanks!
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