Keeper?

For a couple of weeks now my RPS13 Silvia has actually been running reasonably well. But on the drive in to work today it started belching out smoke thru the exhaust. And the idling of the car was all lumpy, fluctuating between 800rpm and 1200rpm. When i parked up in the school parking lot and inspected the smoke. It wasn't blue enough to be too much oil and had no smell of fuel so couldn't be either problem. Late for class so dashed off.


When I got back there was a pool of liquid below the car. Turns out it was power steering fluid. Looks like the problem was dripping fluid landed on the hot engine, creating plumes of smoke which were then sucked into the turbo's intake. Causing the engine to choke and of cause all the smoke out the back was from the fluid landing on the hot engine...

The leak was cos the numpty who previously owned the car used crappy garden hosing. Not just that but the hose was cut poorly as all the braiding in the hose was frayed n hanging out. Doesn't help that he didn't run an air filter at all. The turbos intake was just exposed, not even any piping to get air from the front of the engine. He claimed he didn't want an air flow restriction and like the sound like that...F00! Don't understand how people out here think.

Tightened up the hose clamp n all was fine. No smoke and power and idle were nice n smooth. So nice i managed to drift it round the roundabout straight outside the school. Put a big grin on my face for sure.

So, I'm back to it again... does it stay or does it go?