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| Author: | xris [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Blown Engine. CA18DET is DOA. |
Well driving home last night i over heated. Pulled over, put more water in and it over heated again. Lossed all power had to pull over (wouldnt start) got a tow truck and they towed it to a mechanic. $140. (this is at 11:00pm lastnight) Talked to the mechanic this morning and he tells me that the engine is blown, no comp in the engine. Now i need to find 1 engine (thinking sr20det  but funds are bad.
Any Ideas? Thanks Neil |
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| Author: | Lawsy [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:44 am ] |
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Nasty mate. 
If it has no compression sounds like you have bustd pistons and or rings from detonation. You put that turbo and cooler etc on without any tune? Will happen again if so. If it is just the bottom end then maybe you could simply buy a short motor and do the swap yourself. |
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| Author: | xris [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:58 am ] |
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Hey, i've had the cooler on it since i bought the car (supra front mount). We checked the timing on it on sunday. It was back firing on deacceleration. But it seemed fine. Drove nicely on 14psi  Drove it home the next day and it died. So...  dads organising a trailer to tow it back to wagga so hes going to do the conversion for me. (well new engine in.)
later Neil |
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| Author: | QIK180 [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:17 pm ] |
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Just a thought check the CAS mine blew like 2 yrs ago and it had very similar symptoms. Do a diagnostics test if you can. Other than that sorry to hear about your misfortune. |
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| Author: | Lawsy [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:22 pm ] |
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Sorry dude didn't mean to offend you. It's just my opinion that with all those nice mods you have some sort of aftermarket management would be a very good idea to make sure it was making potential power and reliable. Your bolt ons are only as good as your tuning. Don't worry you have my sincere sympathy. |
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| Author: | snezy [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:42 pm ] |
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If you dont want to swap the engine you could always sell whats left of the car to me 
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| Author: | xris [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:55 pm ] |
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Sorry i didnt mean to sound like i was angry at you just abit pissed at my car. (piece of shit costs me an arm and a leg). dads coming tonight to pick it up at around 8:30pm tonight, my brother and him are going to tear it down and put a new engine in no more ca(piece of shit)18det for me. Bring on the sr. lucky i have a t28 3" zaust, new front mount to go on. upgraded sr20 brakes finally the only piece of the cancer left has died. no more ca18 left in the car (nothing stock is left other than the back seat that resembles a ca18 car).
later Neil |
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| Author: | Chanboy [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 7:45 pm ] |
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Hey Neil, Well it had to happen sooner or later. And man I know exactly how you feel with that cancer remark. Even with my FMIC, I can't run 14psi without detonation. Perhaps yours was detonating but you couldn't hear it? I'll putter around on 11 psi for now on I think... hehe The old CA's are exactly that... old, they just cant take a thrashin that the SR's seem to be able to. Good luck with the conversion. I assume you got a new pewta and whatnot for the SR. Sorry to hear you'll be leaving the CA family, however I know you'll look back oneday and wish the CA blew much earlier! Dan |
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| Author: | snezy [ Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:15 am ] |
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Chanboy wrote: The old CA's are exactly that... old, they just cant take a thrashin that the SR's seem to be able to. Dan |
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| Author: | xris [ Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:11 pm ] |
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I've just thought of something. fix it and sell it. not bother with the sr conversion or the rb20 conversion. Fix it up and get rid of it and buy a new car  maybe a nice commodore  nar.. s14,s15 or something else. But definetly something that doesnt cause me so much headaches. maybe a push bike?
later Neil |
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| Author: | Chanboy [ Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:28 pm ] |
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ha giving up on it. oh well. Let me know how much a CA re-co is going to cost you... |
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| Author: | xris [ Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:01 am ] |
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Heres what i got sent to me from just jap. Hi, S13 SR20det Half cuts we sell @$3,000.00. S13 CA18det Engine sold Exchange @$1495.00. Regards, Darron Corrigan (Manager) JustJap Auto Imports later Neil ps, i havent given up on it yet, just got to see whats wrong with it so i know what im going to do. reco the head or whatever? |
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| Author: | mayhem [ Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:38 pm ] |
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You can get a CA18DET cheaper than that, I know someone who blew her CA18DET and got a really good one for $1000 and then she just got it put in
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| Author: | xris [ Fri Mar 21, 2003 9:52 am ] |
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Might rebuild the ca18det. spend the money i would have on the sr20 and it should go nice. |
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| Author: | kil41t [ Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:20 pm ] |
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Yep I think that's what you should do. Spend the extra money that would have gone into the SR on the CA and you will be way ahead. I love my CA
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