wookster

Just got my Stag back from the mechanics after not having it for almost just over 3 weeks. :lol: Four welch plugs replaced Turbo swapped to one I provided - stock V45 (old one had a mad squeel and it couldn't have lasted too much longer) Cam seals Crank seals Clutch slave + lines Some block oil seals that were leaking apparently Flushes and liquids

So very interested!

As an owner of a Stagea that turned up last year for the SCC I just want to chime in and say this was an excellent event for my introduction to the club. If the rules were revised back to a more restricted list of Skylines only it would greatly reduce the number of people that turn up to help the charity organisations.

Saw a nice dark green S2 in the industrial park on Zillmere road after talking to the mechanic this morning

Bacon

The biggest thing that scared me away from the repair was how to do the welch plug(s) themselves as it's not something I've ever done and no-one I know has done.I looked over what it was to get the manifold off and it didn't seem like it would have been a major issue. Just sold a car too so I'm cashed up now to get the Stag done quickly and professionally as it is my daily driver.

After reading all your tips and taking them into consideration I decided yesterday to send it over to the mechanics. Over Sunday night it seems to have dropped a massive puddle of water and the fact that I'm not tooled up properly to get the job done and there are other things to fix were the deciding factors. Waiting for them to call me back when they have the time to fix it.

No missus to steal mirror off hahahaha. Yeah that makes sense to get someone else to do the threads if they snap. I was waiting for my mechanics to get back from WTAC to get the stag in as there's also some oil leak (and now the cv rubber) that I wanted to get looked over. Might just get them to do it all...

Oh, the studs are that bad?

This is the main drip I can find

I had thought this was originally what was the issue but after jacking it up and taking all the plastic covers off it seems to be leaking from a welsh plug (mentioned above). I've drained the water previously when I bought the car over a year ago and replaced with some tetlacoy (or however it's spelt) green coolant.

Certainly looks like a welsh plug, thanks for that avenue of thought. Never had to do one before...

Not freaking, just trying to provide information and thought process... it happened late last night and was sort of a brain dump. Anyways some new information:Looks to be coming from the block. There is a constant drip every few seconds from just under the exhaust manifold. Sort of like a circular indent 20mm in diameter that indents 10mm. The greasy part I'm pretty sure is from a f**ked rubber sleeve on the CV joint that's greased everything under there.

I'm currently jacking the car so I can try to see from underneath exactly where it's leaking. I am reasonably mechanically adept and have most tools needed for general work.Thanks for the reply

So just went to get in my car and found a nice little trickle of dried water that had run behind left front wheel. Looked a little closer and it was seemingly rusty water. Looked for some indicator of where it came from but pretty hard in the dark. Turned on the car and started getting some more drips slowly. Now after it warmed up there seemed to be a quicker succession of drips, saw a very small, fine spray hit the 45 degree part of the left hand chassis rail. Ran and turned it off real quick. Turbo has had a whine for a while and was planning to take to the mechanics soon. Anyway, the liquid seems a it greasy and I assume the turbo's actually dead now. Is the RB25DET Neo 6 in 1999 Stagea RS 4 water and oil turbo? The reason I ask is that the liquid started to seem oily... can the water jacket crack or am I misinformed here? I have a spare turbo that apparently has been off a RB25 that had blow-by but was allegedly fine (saw some oil drops in the in side when I picked it up). Can I swap this in? How hard is just swapping the turbo over? Thanks for any help

Spotted C34 near my place whilst I was driving to work on Samuel St, Camp Hill yesterday morning

Champagne M35 drove down my street in Camp Hill today.

I've seen that Blue 300 a few times around here as well!

Spotted nice white 260RS filling up in Milton BP last night B)

Hahaha; it's kinda just holding itself together *shrug*

Tore a hole/cracked my rear bar today

Kashyyyk

Located in Brisbane sorry mate

Cheers, looks like I'll grab these S14's for temp rims!

Thanks, it's just an RS4S though.