oil leaking and funny idle

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CA18DORI
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Car: 89 240 coupe

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so after drifting for about 10 minutes i notice that my temp gauge is climbing pretty quickly... right then i hear sirens so i turn off my motor but after the sirens go away like 10 secs later i turn the motor back on and blast the heater.. after a couple minutes the temperature goes back to normal but the idle is really weird... before it was steady at around 1250-1300 rpm. now its around 800-900 with a lot of fluctuation and sometimes after getting on the throttle it comes close to dying and sometimes randomly drops to like 200 rpms.. power seems normal but as i get home i open up the hood and notice a oil all over my fuse box on the driver side as well as the blow off valve and both pipes leading to my intercooler... it looked as if it came from the blow off valve... any ideas what the hell is going on and how to fix it? you guys are smarter than i am
Modified by CA18DORI at 12:35 AM 7/4/2006


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c-rad
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Car: 1991 Nissan 240SX w/CA18DET
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sounds to me like the turbo is blown and its pissing oil out the compressor side. When the BOV opens, it spits oil out. Take off your IC pipe and see if the inside is coated in oil.

89'ClubK's
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Car: 89' Nissan 240SX

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Correct. Turbo Blown. After a 10 minute session and no time to let the car sit and rest before you could turn it off, seems too much for it. Do you have an FMIC, Alum. Radiator,Oil cooler, and a electric fan to take care of the heat issues? If not, I'd suggest it before any more drifting. Good Luck!


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