my turbo came a bit loose off of the exhaust manifold, blowing the turbo inlet gasket, making alot of exhaust go into the engine bay. the car then started to raise in temperature pretty fast ( cause of hot exhaust into engine bay???). So i pulled over, saw the problem and knew i couldnt drive it so i got it towed home. i replaced the gasket today and went to start the car then there was nothing, dead battery from having the doors open all day. so we went to boost it and it still wouldnt turn over. so we tried pulling it behind another vehicle and letting out the clutch in gear, but 1st and 2nd gear locked up the back tires. it wont turn over at all.
any ideas? can it be from a battery that is completely dead? doesnt seem right.
1988 silvia ca18det
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need help, car wont turn over
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Re: need help, car wont turn over (FraXXo)
Put the battery on charge and then try after its charged, if nothing start searching for problems..
Re: (FraXXo)
woooooow so let me get this straight you have a ca18det from 1988 in your car (what year 240sx), the turbo blow the t-25 flange gasket. you replaced the gasket so you saw the gasket and it was certainly blown right?You put it back together and no power so you jumped it and it wont turn over.
THEN you pulled it behind something to XXMPH and dumped the clutch in 1st and 2nd and either way the tires lock up!
Im guessing someone already told you that it seems like the engine is locked up... and you are coming here to verify that this advice could be correct.
My questions to you are:i have blown plenty of those gaskets and its never been Un-Driveable. Even with no gasket I wouldnt hesitate to drive the car home to fix. Are you sure thats what was making all that noise? Im assuming you have a T-25 manifold.
What caused the gasket to blow. you say the engine temp was rising? Did it peg the red? sounds like it was overheating. A blown turbogasket shouldnt cause that normally... But a blown headgasket is more likely. its also more likely that the headgasket is where all the noise was coming from.
Were you the one who actually was driving the vehicle? You should check the coolant level.
If you grab the right sized socked you should be able to turn the engine over by hand with just a ratchet, use the balancer bolt but dont use too much leverage, if its very hard to turn thats not a normal sign. pull your plugs and look for abnormalities. you probably did this already, but if you didnt... did you remove the engine from the vehicle to do the gasket?
its like a mini rb a friend once said, the engine seems to be quite rare and ive only seen a few.
Modified by kingtal0n at 8:37 PM 8/23/2009
THEN you pulled it behind something to XXMPH and dumped the clutch in 1st and 2nd and either way the tires lock up!
Im guessing someone already told you that it seems like the engine is locked up... and you are coming here to verify that this advice could be correct.
My questions to you are:i have blown plenty of those gaskets and its never been Un-Driveable. Even with no gasket I wouldnt hesitate to drive the car home to fix. Are you sure thats what was making all that noise? Im assuming you have a T-25 manifold.
What caused the gasket to blow. you say the engine temp was rising? Did it peg the red? sounds like it was overheating. A blown turbogasket shouldnt cause that normally... But a blown headgasket is more likely. its also more likely that the headgasket is where all the noise was coming from.
Were you the one who actually was driving the vehicle? You should check the coolant level.
If you grab the right sized socked you should be able to turn the engine over by hand with just a ratchet, use the balancer bolt but dont use too much leverage, if its very hard to turn thats not a normal sign. pull your plugs and look for abnormalities. you probably did this already, but if you didnt... did you remove the engine from the vehicle to do the gasket?
its like a mini rb a friend once said, the engine seems to be quite rare and ive only seen a few.
Modified by kingtal0n at 8:37 PM 8/23/2009
Re: (kingtal0n)
>>>Update: the engine did not over heat at all, the wiring harness beside the exhaust manifold melted a couple wires together, making the temperature have a false reading. fixed those wires today. yes it was the turbo inlet gasket and it had one blown out side, i could feel the exhaust with my hand prior to taking it apart.
the gasket blew because 2 of the 4 bolts holding on the turbo came loose. i didnt drive the car after because i saw the wiring harness melted a bit.
it had no power after changing the gasket because we had the doors open all day with the interior lights on
we then tried to boost it but it didnt work, so we then tried push starting it and couldnt do it. so then we pulled it behind another vehicle going slow as i would slowly let out the clutch, then the wheels would end up locking up.
the gasket blew because 2 of the 4 bolts holding on the turbo came loose. i didnt drive the car after because i saw the wiring harness melted a bit.
it had no power after changing the gasket because we had the doors open all day with the interior lights on
we then tried to boost it but it didnt work, so we then tried push starting it and couldnt do it. so then we pulled it behind another vehicle going slow as i would slowly let out the clutch, then the wheels would end up locking up.