as i was playing with an m5 on the motorway today,my car started to loose its power and sounded like it wasn't running on all cylinders,next thing clouds of black smoke come out of the exhaust,pulls over flipped the bonnet and theres oil all over the place,the dipstick had been blown out,managed to tow my car home,so has anyone got any ideas as to whats happened?and is my cosworth fooked?

 

Sounds like its blown the turbo seals , pressurized the crankcase , not a big problem but new turbo time ! Take the old one off and check it , and see how much oil is in the intercooler too .

 

does not sound good but you will have to take a closer look to find out just how bad it is.

 

cheers guys,so its not a rebuild or anything as drastic as that then?i can live with a new turbo,thats not to bad,still pissed off though

 

well my mate did a compresion test on it today, and a piston has melted,he's gonna fix it parts costs only,but what we talking?head gasket is Ł330 wrc,am i looking at a grand here?or more? my car was 397 bhp pre fuck up!?

any advice much appreciated

ta

 

the price depends on the extent of damage! hopefully you will get away with a clean up of the bore, a piston and rings and some gaskets,
you should really check all the componants though, i.e crank, conrod, cylinder head, valves, bore distortion, little end distortion, big end, distortion, mains distortion

And find out why the fooker melted before you blow loadsa hard earned and melt it again!!!!

PUGO

 

sounds like piston problem too me this happend too my m8 and it cost him a new engine

 

oh shite,mates gonna strip it down tomorrow and check the damage,so will hopefully know the extent of the damage then,touch wood it will be to a minimal