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schwing! thanks guys!!!!!!! this would make my talon 100x more appealing to drive than my mirage right now I am driving my busted mirage around because I cant stand leaving the talon running unattended for that long.

Quote: Originally Posted by jjrock5 Pff! Somebody has to be very retarded to do that when doing a belt... So Im going back to my main idea, dont diconnect the battery when you're doing the belt. I think even being careless theres a small chance you will touch the pos to the chassis, but we all have our ways of doing things. This is actually very easy to do when loosening the nut at the bottom of the alternator. You are pulling it up and...

Quote: Originally Posted by studabaker of course by top off you meant to the max line because i filled mine up too much and had to soak some up with a paper towel to get the line back down. other than that is above my trial and error knowledge. meaning i dont know what a crank pulley is but i hope it works for you Yes I topped it off to the max line, not the entire reservoir. That is a good point though, you don't want to overfill. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by binx its at 60k so this weekend , new timing belt and shaft belts etc along with a new thermostat , anything else I should replace while im in there its a 1991 with 60k on it. You always change the tensioner with the timing belt. I do the pulleys (idler and tensioner) at the same time. The tensioner arm will need to be checked and greased so it doesn't wear out early and cause the belt to walk. Water pump...

I had this happen to and mine was fine. I don't think the force from it rotating like that is strong enough to bend a valve. I think you should be good.

compression test and leak down test first, if he replaced the headgasket it was most likely smoking before, so what i do is waste gas and time if you have some and put it on jacks on level surface and just let it run till it warms up and look at everything i can to see exactly wats smoking and where from.

Quote: Originally Posted by 9!'clipseDOHC It is very common, 4 dsmers just stated that they have done this i the past. We are trying to help the original poster out so he doesn't do the same thing. What you do on your car is up to you, but don't call us retarded for trying to help him. You're right, "retarded" was a poor choice of words. I apologize.

The size of the collector openings are both 6 cm^2, but the A/R on the T25 turbine housing is .48 or .49, slight different than the 14b.

For the loose shifter, pull off the center console and check all of the shifter bolts. That should solve the problem. My shifter was a little loose and that fixed it for me.

Definitely check the plugs for color and pitting on the electrode. Sounds like a boost leak as you said. If it still has the stock UICP and LICP, check those real well. I've had them leak some kind of bad before.