help with dead turbo

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canadian booster
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Oil is clean, level is good, pressure is good... Ticking stopped after driving around, probably just needed some love after compression tests with the fuel pump fuuse pulled


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canadian booster
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sourcing out a coilpack.. a guy in the USA has a bunch for $5 tested, but $64 shipping? no thanks. if it looks like this... it would still most likely be firing the sparkplug still ya? or no? i shoved it all together again and put it back down the plug hole incase it still kinda works LoL i have to drive to work somehow :)

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LOL! ;)

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canadian booster wrote:Ok I did compression tests.. 140, 130, 130, 135, 120, 130 ..
One coil pack had a crack in it so I could see the damn copper thread inside, one spark plug was so loose I didn't need a wrench to loosen it.. Bah!
So now the car is ticking.. Wtf? Tick tick tick :(
One of your cylinders is weak as hell (the one thats 120) a good running TT will have all numbers around 150 a rebuilt engine should have around 170, your engine is weak and needs to be rebuilt that's why your car is not pulling as hard as it should.


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