Major SRT-4 stage 3 trouble

[ChongsBuds]

I got a stage 3 turbo well one day i was cruisin around and the turbo lost ALL boost pressure.. now all i get out of it is like 10 on my vaccum pressure MAX(floored) anyone know what it might be?

[pishta]

stuck waste gate?

[ChongsBuds]

i checked out the waste gate, seems to be workin

[ChongsBuds]

also i dont get much vacume pressure from my vac hose

[pishta]

no vacuum, no boost, sounds like a cylinder sealing problem, IE holed piston or burned/bent valve, head gasket. Can you do a compression test? Blowing any white smoke (steam) or losing any coolant? put your hand over your oil filler at idle and see if you can feel pulses (holed piston, broken ring)

[ChongsBuds]

i do have a lil steamy lookin white smoke and losin some coolant... im goin get it tested out at a shop on the tenth

[Chuzz]

Sounds like you popped a head gasket. Check and see if there is any water in your oil. Also look at your coolant in the radiator and see if it looks like chocolate milk.

[ChongsBuds]

any idea the repair might cost?

[Chuzz]

Not really, I do all of my own work and haven't taken a car to a shop in years. Except the wife's Santa Fe. It needed a timing belt while I was having brain surgery two years ago and it cost about three hundred bucks. Don't know what the dealer charges per hour but figure sixty five bucks or more per. Just ask how much your mechanic charges per hour and how long to replace a head gasket. If he's honest, he'll give you a good ballpark figure anyway. If you're at all mechanically inclined, you can do it yourself and save quite a bit. I would suggest you not drive it anymore until you get it fixed. Continuing to drive it will only make things worse and cost you a butt load more if you ruin the engine by overheating it.

[dust]

Originally Posted by ChongsBuds

any idea the repair might cost?

Don't know but drive around and check many places before settling on one. Check for people who specialize in performance vehicles like yours.

This is gonna cost you alot to fix but a bad mechanic can make it far worse.

[pishta]

Originally Posted by dust

Don't know but drive around and check many places before settling on one. Check for people who specialize in performance vehicles like yours.

This is gonna cost you alot to fix but a bad mechanic can make it far worse.

Here you go. 96 Breeze, SOHC blown head gasket because there was a little water in the oil change at the dealership. 700 bucks but since it was only 2 weeks out of 3/36000 they cut me some "slack" and got it done for 400. Some slack..later found out that the head gasket had been redesigned because it was failing per Chryco tech bulliten. It aint that tough, really.

remove crank pulley, remove timing chain cover, remove tensioner, mark belt and cog-unbolt cam cog keep it all on the same teeth somehow. Pull exhaust and intake (can keep on but its a pain) slide out old gasket slide in new one. bolt everything down. 4 hour job if you dont need to spend 2 hours removing the lower pulley. get it all back together, compress the tensioner and stick a drill bit in the hole so it doesnt expand, bolt it in and pull the pin, itll tighten the belt right up (SOHC, replace 35 buck belt if you are smart along with the 35 water pump while you are in there) barring any major hang up, its not that bad a job.