Hi all,

Looking for help / advice please…….

I have a sti V3 and went out this morning joined the motorway was just driving normally; water temp was about 74 / 75.

Then out of no where there was quite a loud knock from the right hand side of the engine bay as soon as this happened I lost all power had to move straight onto the hard shoulder as soon as the car came to a stand still the car would not idle it just cut out.

I tried to start the car the revs would not go past 2000rpm lost of black smoke from the exhaust and when I tried to pull away the car would just judder and stall, I then started the car built the revs up and pulled away in first then straight in second, third and into forth all the time the car was not running right (sounded like it was running on three cylinders). There is now power in the car foot flat to the floor and it does not want to go at all.
If I try and start the car now it will start and then just stall again.

Does anyone have any ideas on how bad this could be???
When I got the car home I had a look in the engine bay and I can not see any damage to the left hand rocker cover as you look into the engine, as the same stage I don’t know the piston could have gone, big end etc, etc…….

Oh and any ideas how I can get the car from the east of Glasgow down to Greer’s??? Anyone got a trailer they could help me out when the time comes or is it poss to hire a flat bed truck thing to take the car down myself????

Any advised will be most helpful.

Thanks, oh and merry Christmas
Alan

 

Do you run a front mount ? I had a similar symtoms to you when the boost hose popped off.

mabye something to check...other than that im not sure, sorry

 

i would give it a compression test first, this will let you know if all 4 cylinders are good/bad.

 

I'm not that techie minded and don't want to move the car and cause more damage.

Is a compression test something I could do on my drive?

Cheers.

A.

Oh and sorry yes I do have a fromt mount on the car.

 

does the car still smoke?

 

If i was you i'd check all joints on you're front mount intercooler pipes. I run a sti top mount, and when changing the y piece i broke the seal and never renewed the gasket, giving the same lack of power as you have. I also work in the lorry trade, and although slightly not related, when the turbo intercooler hose splits or 'pops off', it gives the same black smoke and lack of power. Its an easyish thing for you to look for on your drive, if not then it'll have to go to a garage.

 

as above check that a hose on the FMIC hasnt blown off, that would explain the black smoke and loss of power. hopefully thats it. if not compression test, check the plugs for oil contamination.

 

Hi guys,

Just back in from sorting the car out, and for the people who said the intercooler pipes 10 out of 10 spot on. The I/c conection that contects the 2 pipes togther under the air filter one had popped off, put it back on made sure it is nice and tight and took the car for a good drive to try and clean it out and it seems to be back to normal again.

Thanks to all for the quick response and help.

A.

 

Yay I answered a question correctly

 

Cambelt slipped?

My Legacy did almost the same thing on the M1..... was a bitch to restart and ran like lumpy porridge, turned out the belt had slipped due to the followers not being replaced properly.

 

i had the same problem on my 200sx the jubilee clamp was loose so the intercooler pipe popped of the turbo...well funny

 

a good tip for fmic pipework is to give silicone and metal connections a clean and re connect using hairspray on the joints,this helps to stop any blowing off in the future.
done it to mine and touch wood had no probs

 

Nice to see a happy ending to this. The last thing you need after xmas is the cost of an engine rebuild