Stephen

In Fairness id say the Severn bridge is more than 17X bigger so its probably cheaper per metre.....:clap: Does make me laugh though that you have to pay to get into wales but not to leave. Maybe if we applied that technology to the whole of the Uk there would be less people in it, jokes.

Your not wasting any through boost leaks are you?

get smaller fingers...

Totally agree, even the best mechanic in the world is going to be able to help you 100% solidly as you just don't get the full gravity with videos etc, no substitute for being able to touch smell see etc etc.

Check out post number 41 page 3. Just for reference really more than anything else, what mine was doing is leaking past the rear seals in the turbo. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?163503-seriously-disheartened-now-and-just-wanna-burn-the-car-help!/page3&highlight=turbo+smoke At idle it wouldn't smoke much, and this really threw me as most things mention that it leaks and smokes only at idle. Smoking only at idle combined with grey smoke(rather than blue) is a characteristic, rear turbo oil seal failure. What sealed it for me was the loss of smoke as the revs raised and the lack of any contamination in the induction tract. When we pulled everything apart I soon realised what was occurring, the oil was weeping by and sitting in the bottom of the turbo exhaust housing, when the revs raised it blew it out the housing for a while till it decreased the puddle enough for it to not be visible. What throws me off your issue being this, is the fact that cylinders are dropping out, that doesn't ft the issue, but could be something else. At least when you get a solid answer from the garage tomorrow, you can know weather its something internal or not.

That all looks pretty normal induction wise, bear in mind though the left turbo drives the right cylinder and/or vice versa. However that plug looks wet in the photo... got a blow torch and a vice?

I'm no expert mate! However all you can do you is start with the obvious and the testable, once you elimated in the worst case scenarios its all uphill, or conversely you get a stand out answer. No matter what car it is, the basic principal applies, Do you have compression? Do you have spark? Do you have fuel? if the answer to that is yes is it happening at the right time? Your car IS consuming and burning/vapourising oil, so a seal whether its a turbo, a piston ring whatever is allowing oil to be sucked into the combustion cycle. Anyways good luck.

They can do all sorts of weird and wonderfull things normally intermittent speedos and powered steering. If you could get your hnds on some uk clocks you could kill to birds, ditches the damn converter and ensures you have a working set. whilst also making it more legiable.

No worries bud you know where I am :)

Ah good thought youd forgotten us all.

The little speedo converters fail for a hobby.

Sounds like turbo then doesn't it, however what confuses me is the same cylinder dropping out. There has to be a reason for this. So do this, check the 4 boost hoses and the inside of the plenum for oil deposit's there will be some blackening but it shouldn't be pooling. Warm the block up, whilst warming take a screwdriver and put the tip on each injector, listen down the shaft you should hear a distint pulsing or ticking. When warm, carefully remove the now warm plugs, while your there ohm the injectors. Check the colours and conditions of the plugs, compression test the block. Reassemble the engine bay and do a boost leak check. By doing this process you will establish the following, Fueling is occurring t at least a basic degree, compression is arriving, and the system is not being mislead by boost leaks etc. My guess is one of those turbos has front end damage, and oil is being sucked up and combusted.

Where have you been?

yeah that's not too bad, some rust converter and waxoil type product would go along way though.

15 days now. More importantly Happy open season ladies and gents....

:huh: what are you like lol

Yeah I hear what your saying dicky, this is the risk of second hand parts. As you say jeff does a Stirling job and noel seems pretty trustworthy, however shit does happen, hopefully its resolvable. Im sure by the close of play tomorrow you will now more about the why.

Rubbish excuse lol

Yeah read that article yowser, nice little read. The tommy one is interesting that's a new one on me, not so sure on the looks of that one though. Another other limited editions? Anyone know the production run numbers on these?

Have you looked behind the rubber flaps into the inner sill? don't take long does it and you can really see what's going on :)

When I say collapsed, I mean its lost compression, rings failed etc. I may still continue to run with a lower compression, continuing to fire whilst consuming oil/water. Was the plug wet? you say sotty, was it jet black, you can tell a lot by the plug condition actually. heres a helpful guide. http://www.mazdaforum.com/forum/mazda-mx-3-mazda-mx-6-25/94-mx-6-engine-hissitation-31499/page2/

Ive heard bits and bobs about these, but never known too much. However I found a website today that is all about the SMZ read on to enlighten yourself if you don't know what one is. Put it this way its how they should have been from factory period! http://www.smzregistry.com/

So your selling the car?

Fair point didn't even cross my mind, but still 16nm is nothing is it.

Guess what, 16 days now :P