R33 Gtr Blown Turbos And Motor?

[AzN]

I was driving my standard R33 GTR pretty hard and then heard a loud pop and suddenly the car was loosing power.

Came to a complete stop and the car stalled. Started it up and I could hear a loud intake noise (like major turbo spool) every time I revved it and then I drove it home and there was no boost and it kept wanting to stall unless I revved it and black smoke.

Next day, I tried to start it up but it wouldn't turn over. Called up a well known GTR mechanic here in NZ and he said that it might not be the turbos / motor and it may just be the intercooler piping popped off / hole which caused the car to missfire and foul the plugs therefore the car isn't starting?

I'm not really mechanically minded so I just visually examined the piping through the engine bay and it looks fine to me... Whats the best way to properly examine the intercooler piping and what's your guys opinion on the problem?

[34GeeTeeTee]

Visual inspection should make the problem pretty obvious.... Check all the pipes are secure and clamps etc.... Fingers crossed its something simple!

[The Dan]

Your mechanic is correct. Get him to fix it

[R31Nismoid]

Visual inspection should make the problem pretty obvious.... Check all the pipes are secure and clamps etc.... Fingers crossed its something simple!

Yep...

Likely the turbo side cooler hose. So the whole splash guard will need to come off to have a look-see.

[AzN]

So you don't reckon it sounds like the turbos blown? The mechanics busy till next tuesday. So I should remove the front tyres and wheel arch guard too see the other piping?

[R31Nismoid]

You dont need to take the wheel off to get the guard liner out and have a look, its a 5-10min job depending on how fast you are.

[nomnomv8]

As the guys above have stated check the IC piping first and foremost shouldnt take you more than half an hour including jacking the car up and back down.

Im presuming you have standard turbos fitted?? If so how much boost where you running through them?

[AzN]

Yup running standard turbos @ 1 bar. Only mods on the car was front pipe , decat pipe and Apexi n1 evolution exhaust.

[krzysiu]

Definately sounds like you just popped off a cooler pipe

[SiR_RB]

When I popped my intercooler hose, I was stuck in the NATO park for hours until a mate came with tools lol it was the turbo side pipe behind the front bar....when I got it home I ended up taking all of the intercooler pipes off, applied a bead of sikaflex and replaced the clamps....

Fingers crossed urs is the same problem and not turbo related

[AzN]

Did it keep stalling and have black smoke?

[R31Nismoid]

Yes both of those are exactly what a cooler pipe blow off will do as the air is not being read correctly and its dumping fuel but not getting air.

[SiR_RB]

yes blow black smoke and stalling...car would not run

[Hadouken]

Check your intercooler hose. Then if its still connected theb yiu blew something up

[jjman]

also, while a popped-off IC hose if frequently obvious (and in your case, if it was running that bad id say it will be), but sometimes it is not. So if nothing is obviously popped-off then dont assume it isnt an IC hose, just be more thorough n check everything twice.

Once one of mine popped but it was only coming off when the car went on boost. N upon visual inspection i couldnt see anything obvious, but looking closer i found it.

Good luck!