Hunty Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hi Guys,Hopefully picking up a EP82 next weekend its my first starlet so looking forward to it alot. The car does have one draw back though which it is chucking out smoke from the exhaust the guy said its a little down on power but still boosts fine. He has had a little look and said there is oil in exhaust port 4 so I presume this could be the valve stem seals or worse piston rings? Any advice anyone can give will be awesome Hopefully have it fixed soon and get to some meets and shows with you guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shavnh Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hi mate welcome to the club,If I where u before you buy it get the person to do a compression test on it first, could be very expensive car if you have to do alot of work to it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunty Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Yeah will do cheers mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Comp test to make you're mind up.Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lew777 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Welcome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
*Zoe* Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Welcome to the forum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Welcome along bud. pick up another 4e for 400-500 on a good day so if the car is cheap enough or you can nock the price down then maybe worth getting and worst case swap the engine. can be done in a weekend easy enough ;) Edited May 19, 2012 by shorty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2333ricky Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 welcome along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunty Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cheers for the comments guys I've decided to go ahead with it should pick it up tomorrow as the spec is fairly good I'm going to source another bottom end then forge the one I take out. Car has some goodies little spec belowBc coilovers Greddy ecuCt9 hybrid Fmic with hard pipe work Hks ssqv Boost gaugeTurbo timerLittle pic of her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
invisible Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 looks nice buddy - good luck with the upgrades Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pridzz Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Welcome - If you split dibs on coilovers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 nice square light dude, looks very aggressive on those wheels!hope u get to the bottom of the issues ASAP and its nothing too serious!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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