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That's ok, I have a friend who will hopefully give me some input. I would hope that the loud knocking in the Turbo is something reasonably easy enough to fix considering all of the work and money that's been put into it. It would be nice if I could talk to myself in two months and see if it'd...

Well, I'm not sure if it was in or against my better judgement, but I now have a brand new '86 Turbo sitting on a trailer in front of my house. I'm not sure whether to be excited or break down in tears. The engine noise is a rather loud knocking, louder than the high RPM knocking/rattling...

Yeah, that's the one I'm referring to. From what he told me, he bought it running last year and it spun a bearing on him prompting the rebuild. 3k into the rebuild it started knocking, so he supposedly towed it home and hasn't started it since. I was figuring that, clean enough and being a...

What should I look at to figure out the state of the turbo parts? I know the guy added an aftermarket boost control, different mass airflow sensor, and a new boost guage... but it doesn't sound like he rebuilt the turbo unit itself. How hard and expensive is it to rebuild? How expensive are...

I'm looking to replace my 86 4Runner, who's needed an engine rebuild (low oil pressure, leaking oil, and a slight knocking noise) and body work to both front quarter panels grill and etc. I was originally going to rebuild the engine, or put in a rebuilt warranteed engine. However, after a bit...

did the same thing to my Altima did the same thing to my 94 Altima a few years ago, I put about two or three gallons in the thirteen or fourteen gallon tank. Filled it up with premium and drove it. Smoked a little at first, but ultimately ran fine, and had no problems for the next thirty...