My ep82 blew a head gasket between 2 and 3. I took it to my mechanic who replaced it, he also measured the head for warpage with a straight edge and couldnt see significant warp. Got the car back, ran OK for a few km's (20km max) but had a whissling sound at low boost. Then suddenly it all just went wrong, it felt like there was no boost although the gauge said it was still boosting, but only around 0.3 bar. Thought it was the turbo and replaced it with my working stock unit but it made no difference, also replaced plugs and leads but to no avail. So the symptoms are:
1. Rough idle
2. Easily dies at traffic light
3. No power
4. Spark plugs seem to stay black (not noticably wet though)
5. Car has this deep sound, like when u have a cone filter and open the throttle fully at low revs, that throughty sound, it has it under normal driving, sounds like that at any throttle position.
I checked the pipes, intercooler and intake mani for blockages but found none as far as I could see without removing the mani. Does anyone have an idea of what the problem could be?
(Also, is anyone familiar with the 2e Toyota motor? Are the 2e and 4e head gaskets the same? Seem to fit perfectly but not all the coolant passages that are on the head have holes on the gasket, so they are blocked. Some say its the same on the 4e gasket)
Would really appreciate your help, need the car fixed quite urgently.
Thanx!
1. Rough idle
2. Easily dies at traffic light
3. No power
4. Spark plugs seem to stay black (not noticably wet though)
5. Car has this deep sound, like when u have a cone filter and open the throttle fully at low revs, that throughty sound, it has it under normal driving, sounds like that at any throttle position.
I checked the pipes, intercooler and intake mani for blockages but found none as far as I could see without removing the mani. Does anyone have an idea of what the problem could be?
(Also, is anyone familiar with the 2e Toyota motor? Are the 2e and 4e head gaskets the same? Seem to fit perfectly but not all the coolant passages that are on the head have holes on the gasket, so they are blocked. Some say its the same on the 4e gasket)
Would really appreciate your help, need the car fixed quite urgently.
Thanx!