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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Right ive got a 5 door converted to RS turbo

Problem 1 is in the morning start the car theres a hell of a lot of white smoke until you drive it! i know its got a big stainless system on it but i wouldnt expect that much is this a possible head gasket?

2. the strut tops ever since i have changed the shocks you can turn the strut tops by hand only changed them yesterday

3. where can i cant a dump valve blanking plug and will the car need to be setup after the plug has been put in, will this also create turbo chatter?

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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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You will get smoke from a stainless exhaust mate as its condensation but how much smoke are we talking? no it shouldnt need setting up and you can get them from burton power, autospecialists or ebay, and chatter is only really audiable over say a bar of boost unless yours is an efi fiesta turbo lump? when you say you can turn them are they stiff to turn? youu may just need to tighten up the bolt at the top of the shock and then the other bolt after you put the strut top on
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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You will get smoke from a stainless exhaust mate as its condensation but how much smoke are we talking? no it shouldnt need setting up and you can get them from burton power, autospecialists or ebay, and chatter is only really audiable over say a bar of boost unless yours is an efi fiesta turbo lump? when you say you can turn them are they stiff to turn? youu may just need to tighten up the bolt at the top of the shock and then the other bolt after you put the strut top on
il take a picture of the smoke in the morning i consider it to be more than i would expect and its using a bit of water but ive had a slight pipe lssue so i may be that where its leaking from. i can hear audible chatter if i back off the throttle slowly and not fully but it just dumps when i come off fully im running around a bar of boost now, il have a go at just checking the shocks are tight when i get home

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