SiCaln Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sorry to read this bro hope its nothing serious Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 if its been left for long periods of time.... and wasnt smoking before... unlikely to be rings matey... more likely an oil seal of some kind!gerrit sorted dude! ;) x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Gutted for you mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Aw shit no! Hope it gets fixed soon enough, which knowing Jay, it will be ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 socks - you misunderstand dude, she wasn't at Jays, i mean i have now left her at Jays for an undetermined length of time. she was being driven on a daily basis to and from work. started puffing out the odd plume of blue smoke, then this week it got alot worse.i'm not going to make any decisions until i get a diagnosis. jay's taking it out a run today as he's heading out anyway, but i think the head or turbo is going to have to come off for further investigation. thankfully i can borrow the albino badger, but this is hardly ideal as, if my sis was driving, i'd have been buggered with no car. starting to get impracticle this sort of instance, cant keep falling back on other people's cars.I'll update when i hear from jay this evening.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 What a bugger ;)Hope it isn't to serious sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Turbo seals?? an sorry to hear this newsJohn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I have to say, the 14" standard GT alloys really suit the EP91! I assume that's Phil's sisters car? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 yes mate thats the Albino Badger, currently on loan.Cheers Jay, no doubt i'll speak to you this evening man.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Ahhhh not good mate ;)Was going to say if its turbo seals then it wont be too bad but then remembered your rocking the K1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ep91face Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 oh dear, you might aswell break it or sell up ;) hope it all works out for you man! piston rings went in mine about a year ago i was devestated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sparky - dont really fancy a £500 rebuild to the K1 tbh dude. false economy that.and if it gets broken at anytime, you can rest assured that the part everyone wants (i.e. the TTE splitter) has already had a home designated by me and will not be for sale.it all comes down to the money. with houses and other commitments that come with age, throwing such money at this kind of incident every 6 months cannot be maintained.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sparky - dont really fancy a £500 rebuild to the K1 tbh dude. false economy that.and if it gets broken at anytime, you can rest assured that the part everyone wants (i.e. the TTE splitter) has already had a home designated by me and will not be for sale.it all comes down to the money. with houses and other commitments that come with age, throwing such money at this kind of incident every 6 months cannot be maintained.Phil.Dont break, park it up an buy a cheap run about mate, save an rebuild the epic car dude an anyway who'd manage the forum!!!!You could always run a CT9RB mate quality tub an cheaper than the rebuild ;)John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 As said we wont let you break this, too many of the finest EP's being broken lately Sure Jay has a stock ct9 lying around if thats the problemLet us know how you get on mate ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 from a K1 to a CT9??????? no thanks.and i aint buying no cheap runner if it comes to project halt/pause/end. I want something decent and comfy and nice, like an A3 or an Alfa of some sort.Taking it off the road to maintain as a project would be pointless, for a start i'd have to find reasons to dig it out, then there's twice the insurance, twice the tax, twice the MOT. if i make it a track car i need to warrant it with visits to the track, pay for the track time, pay for trailor, pay for a tow bar, pay for the track lessons at kirky, track insurance, added fuel. it just turns into a whole money pit and for what?? sentiment? i'd have to ask myself is it really worth it.but, until we know more, no sense speculating further.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 ahhh man!! hope you get it sorted, and it doesnt result in plenty of our EP tears ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 As a temporary fix of course Phil ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan5793 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 not good phil, hope all goes well and you get her back on the road! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jozinobi Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Best to wait for the results of the Jaystar investigation first broski.The 'ct9' test will be a good indicator to see if it is actually the turbo's fault and also to check other possible culprits (pcv valve etc).Blue smoke they say is contributed to burning oil. Using a non smoking ct9 of course.Even the compression test can't identify smoke problems etc unless a cylinder has gone.I've had the test done twice!I have a rebuilt engine and I get paranoid when something even 'smells' smokey.Have my fingers crossed for you dude, please keep us informed.Joz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 lol thanks for the support lads.she's in the best possible hands and the investigation is currently underway.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Gutted to hear this dude! Can remember when my green one started Smoking, turned out to be Stem seals Please, please, please do not break her dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 time will tell dude. not good.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 dude i was speaking to mark the other day and he mentioned this! hope its not too serious dude! im sure jay will get it sorted! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 i have absolutely no doubt Jay can sort it, its a question of money thats the problem, because ye know, i have a certain sexy someones wedding to attend this month ;)Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 why which sexy man is getting married this month?? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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