Re: baffling turbo..

[David Cooley <n5xmt@triad.rr.com>]

Never seen red exhaust smoke, but my guess is the volume the pump supplies 
is dropping off... Monitor Fuel pressure at WOT during a run and it's 
probably falling off and running lean.
Red smoke may be rust from inside the exhaust etc burning loose and coming out.



At 08:01 AM 8/21/2000, you wrote:
> Well, been hunting a problem on my friends turbo coupe.....it's not gmecm
> related really, but since there is quite a few tubo buffs on here, I thought
> I might ask..
> It is a 86 ford tubo coupe. Equiped with a 2.3L turbo..
> This year had no intercooler.
>
> When accelerating, in 1st gear, the boost reads 15lbs, but as you put more
> load on it, ie 2nd gear, the gauge starts to bounce a bit then by third gear
> reads 10lbs
> Through the rest of the gears other than 1st, the car surges.. it seems to
> be missing??  But the REALLY REALLY strange part is the red exaughst smoke
> that comes out the tail pipe at higher rpm's...
>
> Also the turbo and manifold will be glowing red after a drive...
> We thought the cat may be plugged.. so we hollowed the cat.. no diff,
> Plugs wires cap and rotor have been changed as well as timing checked and
> fuel press...
> Eveything seems to be fine...
>
> Anyone ever seen this red exhaust smoke before??

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