Austarion

g.day fellow starion people.. as i dont know much about turbo's thought use could help me out.
when i hit some speed it just died started blowing smoke when i stopped there was oil everywhere under the bonnet.. thought it might be the head gasket till i got it home took the cooler piping off and found alot of oil in the turbo.

could it be the turbo or head gasket??

Sounds like the turbo buddy. you may have blown either of these? 11,8,5,3





or it could just be a blocked PVC valve in your tappet cover.

cheers thanks heaps for that :beer . ill get stuck into it tommorrow

well it was the turbo but thats all fixed now.. and it was still puttering so i stripped the motor and found that i have melted two pistons.

man i must have bad luck on my side. now my jb will be off the road for atleast 3months.

when i hopefully get it going im gonna sell it to buy a drifter, i was thinking of using this but its too good for the track

yep , been there done that !!!! :( back in 1999 i raced a falcon GT 1998 model , beat him but over boosted and oil all in the engine bay and with a
motor pull down 2 blown pistons and all 4 pistons had shattered rings and ring lands :( :(

yeah its not good as i like driving it. but its saving alot of kays since its original 144000.

i have a ja engine in the shed would those pistons be the same and fit my jb?

1) put brand new VR4 galant spec pistons in it as they're way stronger, even $300 cheapies

2) find out why your car leaned out by putting it on a dyno when you get it run in again, as a lean out is what killed your pistons

Which pistons exactly did you melt? 1&4, 2&3 or 1&2 etc? Could it just be intake manifold related?

Or are you thinking it was fuel reletad, ie regulator, filter, injectors, maf etc?