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Old 07-29-2008, 09:12 PM
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my car is barely idoling, it barely even wants to run. it only seems to run well in higher rpm's. its puffing a lot of blue smoke. it has a test pipe but its still a LOT of smoke. i dont think its the head gasket but im not sure. please help me out!
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:53 PM
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CEL? Fault codes?
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:53 PM
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turbo death...?
 
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:10 AM
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Damn if thats true, i guess its the year for 99 1.8t turbo's to crap out. If thats an indicator of anything, I'll be shopping for a new turbo next year!
 
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:15 AM
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blue smoke o.O
 




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