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If I still have it. Trailer will be booked.

its 100% coming from the spark plug tubes I've analysed it long and hard haha its pooling in the tubes. and i mean i replaced them with fresher ones from another motor. I've also discovered that there is only actually getting onto the ends of the plugs in the combustion camber (this means the pooling could be caused by oil in the combustion chambers and being forced from the bottom up into the tubes on full boost) , that says to me that either the valve stem seals or oil seal piston ring are gone. next step change the valve stem seals see if that mends the issue. because all other options i can think of are exhausted.

Hello again. Once again i bring you another REALLY annoying bug! Ok so oil is pooling in my spark plug tubes, and being forces through the small venting hole at the top of the ignition lead. My assumption is this is what is causing my boost cutting issue when accelerating as it would be drowning the spark. however i have a catch can running off the two venting holes on the top of the rocker cover and there is minimal to zero blowby. Fixes I've already tried. Replacing the spark plug tubes Replacing the spark plug tube seals Removing the PCV valve in the tappet cover Turning down the Boost Over torquing in the spark plugs. Venting EVERYTHING to ATMOS And still is pours out the top of the plugs -_- I'm lost for ideas.

My 16 step guide in how to Turbo a K series motor! (Major steps only) 1- Relocate the Battery to the boot 2. Strip old manifold/carb/headers off 3. Make a turbo manifold 4. Using a metal exhaust gasket mount up that bad boy! 5. Find a suitable turbo for the engine. I used a custom front and rear housing carbon sealed setup i found of a dude in Melbourne 6. Mount up the turbo and start to get Excited!! 7. Attach all the lines and chosen Carby, as well as whatever crazy setup you fabb'd up to make a filter fit.. Remember to ensure your Turbo oil return line is in a horizontal fitting into the sump as high up on the sump as you can get it and with as much of a downward slope as you can get it! 8. Get an exhaust made up. I have a 2.5" Lobster joined exhaust running one hotdog muffler mid pipe. 9. Lock up the dizzy.. or you WILL blow head gaskets! As Taz_RX said use lockwire not zipties! (I went from points to electric and I highly recommend it especially if you are using boost.) 10. Get a new fuel pump because any boost pressure above around 8PSI I found the stock mechanical pump struggling... I went with a Carter P4600HP Electric Fuel Pump which was around $130 shipped and is a high quality pump a little bit loud, but i like that lets me know its working! 11. Find a fuel regulator as you will need one with a pump pushing anything more than 3PSI to be safe or you will flood the carb seals. I got this old holley one for $40 off one of my rotary mates, but I'm fairly certain a 1-4psi holly fuel reg is only about $50 anyway. 12. Replace your clutch you will need to. 13. Get a friend to help you put the box back in because doing it by yourself with the car only 50cm in the air is definitely not any fun at all! 14. Get yourself a nice array of gauges to monitor your engine after all the hard work you did last thing you want it to wreck something because you didn't know it was happening! 15. Sit back and look on as your K Motor now looks much nicer than it ever did 16. Turn the key boost away and enjoy chopping 4age boys! First start ----> Running good ----> THE END! Now everyone loves a boosted k motor so get use to explaining everything you have done and enjoying the bewilderment of people minds when they realise you have a carb instead of an ecu and you can tune it with a screwdriver :D What my car actually looks like these days Thanks for reading -Kim

Should i make another thread with just that guide?

Yep everything is running a lot better new clutch in timing is set to around 35 degrees advanced now it's pull well revving freely and sounding glorious i took this video for you guys last night in the wet. so there was little to zero traction anywhere hahah but ill will havea video of it on track very shortly!.. Would like to say thank you so much for everyone's help wouldn't have been able to do it without this thread! and i think we have created a pretty solid Boost your 4k troubleshooting thread haha picture of the final product and of the all the modifications i had to do! My 16 step guide in how to Turbo a K series motor! (Major steps only) 1- Relocate the Battery to the boot 2. Strip old manifold/carb/headers off 3. Make a turbo manifold 4. Using a metal exhaust gasket mount up that bad boy! 5. Find a suitable turbo for the engine. I used a custom front and rear housing carbon sealed setup i found of a dude in Melbourne 6. Mount up the turbo and start to get Excited!! 7. Attach all the lines and chosen Carby, as well as whatever crazy setup you fabb'd up to make a filter fit.. Remember to ensure your Turbo oil return line is in a horizontal fitting into the sump as high up on the sump as you can get it and with as much of a downward slope as you can get it! 8. Get an exhaust made up. I have a 2.5" Lobster joined exhaust running one hotdog muffler mid pipe. 9. Lock up the dizzy.. or you WILL blow head gaskets! As Taz_RX said use lockwire not zipties! (I went from points to electric and I highly recommend it especially if you are using boost.) 10. Get a new fuel pump because any boost pressure above around 8PSI I found the stock mechanical pump struggling... I went with a Carter P4600HP Electric Fuel Pump which was around $130 shipped and is a high quality pump a little bit loud, but i like that lets me know its working! 11. Find a fuel regulator as you will need one with a pump pushing anything more than 3PSI to be safe or you will flood the carb seals. I got this old holley one for $40 off one of my rotary mates, but I'm fairly certain a 1-4psi holly fuel reg is only about $50 anyway. 12. Replace your clutch you will need to. 13. Get a friend to help you put the box back in because doing it by yourself with the car only 50cm in the air is definitely not any fun at all! 14. Get yourself a nice array of gauges to monitor your engine after all the hard work you did last thing you want it to wreck something because you didn't know it was happening! 15. Sit back and look on as your K Motor now looks much nicer than it ever did 16. Turn the key boost away and enjoy chopping 4age boys! First start ----> Running good ----> THE END! Now everyone loves a boosted k motor so get use to explaining everything you have done and enjoying the bewilderment of people minds when they realise you have a carb instead of an ecu and you can tune it with a screwdriver :D What my car actually looks like these days Thanks for reading -Kim

Well got a regulator in the line 4psi regulated is good :) ... destroyed my clutch on track so new clutch and i think the engine is actually running quite well now.. wound the timing up to about 30 degrees and very good!

So got a carter 6-8 hi flow pump. Now regulator can I run it at that pressure or do I need a regulator at 3ish psi. Again any advice is good advice! -kim

Phil bud when are you free? haha I'll have to bring it around to yours and you can help me out with the fuel pump sheet :D and you can see how the car has moved on ahha

ahah no that i can do , then run fuel line under the car. ye so carter green sounds more like the way to go then woo time to find one of those. relays haha ima just put the pump onto a switch in the cab hahah

So if I was toget a carter green. I could mount it in the engine bay and use then same setup as the mechanical? As I really want an easy fix with the car I'm over doing major changes. A fuel pump that is an easy install and upgrade haha

Also in regards to mounting the pump.. ive been reading that they are a push type pump not a suck type pump (the mechanical stock pump is suck is it not?)... so just wondering how and where i should be mounting the pump, Probably going to get a Holley Red.... like this ---> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Holley-Red-fuel-pump-with-Regulator-Guage-/231173113659?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35d2fdc73b&_uhb=1

Altezza, we require an SU carb (175CD zenith) fuel pressure hahaha :D Valve stem seals are fine, turbo has got a nice big oil drain line but just thinking back it was blowing mass smoke when it was parked on a big angle which would've pushed all the oil to the side of the sump where to oil return was in which case there may not have been enough pressure in the oil lines to push it back out.. but i guess the constant small amount of smoke is turbo overflow from the feed inlet i think ill put a reducer in and see if it makes a difference

thanks taz, you wouldn't have links for purchase sites? also should i just a fuel regulator in the line?.. new problem I've encountered is blue smoke out the tail pipe, and LOTS of it after a strong pull etc. i can't believe its the piston rings because all 4 cyls where 150psi on compression test, would it be excessive oil getting to the turbo as I have heard of this problem in another friends 4k turbo setup, and just running a hose joiner with 2-3mm gap reduce the oil flow well enough? regard Kim

one is lock wired on is cable tied haha.. fuel wise I'm just running the stock mechanical