well i went over a speedbump last night and heard a big bang. i thought and was hoping it was my oilpan that made the noise. as i left the parking lot, i noticed that my car was real late to get into boost. i wasnt boosting until about 4500 rpm instead of the regular 3100. also noticed a rasping sound. dammit, an exhaust leak. just that morning i was thinking how relialbe my car has been for the past year i owned it. hopefully its nothing serious. now i have to have my car down for a couple of weeks just to make time to work on it.

where can i get gaskets for my inlet and outlet on my turbo and compressor housing? what else are you guys putting on your gaskets to make a tighter seal? anybody else ever do this, or am i the only idiot that breaks his car on a speedbump.

joshua

also, would it be safe to drive my car in the condition it is in. i know i can always stay under 3k rpm. but sometimes my foot just iches too much and needs to feel the boost.

gawd this sucks, and i was going to go to the track today to see what my car runs

i thought and was hoping it was my oilpan that made the noise.

How is hitting your oil pan BETTER?! Because we all love spinning that #3 Rod bearing from oil stavation via dented oil pan.

Ouch! That sucks man, sorry to hear it.

yea, hitting the oil pan is probably the worst thing u can do. the oil pickup line could be blocked and ur motor could be starved.. i would much rather have an exhaust leak!

well ive hit my oil pah before, and all ive got was scratche on it. i drove my car home and was able to look at it with some sunlight. well it looks worse than i thought. i thought it might have been exhause manifold. but now that i look at it im about 90% sure that the leak is coming from between the turbine and the compressor housing.

im glad you changed your avatar coaltition. everytime i read one of your posts, i used to imagine that face talking to me man and reading the post ot me. that last avatar used to freak me out.

mossyperformance will have the gaskets that you need!