I've been fighting my 2011 1.4 L Turbo engine ever since my wife hit a deer a couple years ago.
I've replaced hoses, gaskets and everything else running around this engine and been still dealing with the same issues and it slowly but surely continued to get worse leaking coolant and overheating.
Last week my wife was driving it and she said it didn't initially want to turn over but did after a 2nd attempt then after 10 minutes of driving it was idleing lower than usual and from her description it lope-ing between low and normal (like chugging I guess) it had major power loss upon acceleration flashed the stabilitrak/traction control bs and a cloud of white smoke blew out the back of the exhaust. Sure enough thinking well there goes the head gasket checked the oil but it didn't have that milky color from coolant being mixed in with the oil. Every time I look or think about it I just I get that awesome hot feeling and feel my blood pressure start to skyrocket so I've left it parked and sitting since.
Obviously the best thing to do would be to take it to a shop but atm I'm trying to determine if its worth even fixing at this point with the amount of the costs of repairs to the value of the car.
I'm pretty mechanically inclined and would be all for fixing it myself but I haven't been able to find the information I've needed to break down the engine and rebuild it let alone finding out I'll need a special cam tool that is made specifically for this engine. Then from what I'm reading re-timing is hell and then some along with some things I'm reading saying it could all be the turbo and not the engine. So I have no clue.
Thoughts, opinions and links are all greatly appreciated. I'm just trying to figure out what to do.
Worst comes to worst I'll end up parking it until I can transplant a 350 V-8 in it so if all else fails at least I don't plan on scrapping it or burning it to the ground.
I've replaced hoses, gaskets and everything else running around this engine and been still dealing with the same issues and it slowly but surely continued to get worse leaking coolant and overheating.
Last week my wife was driving it and she said it didn't initially want to turn over but did after a 2nd attempt then after 10 minutes of driving it was idleing lower than usual and from her description it lope-ing between low and normal (like chugging I guess) it had major power loss upon acceleration flashed the stabilitrak/traction control bs and a cloud of white smoke blew out the back of the exhaust. Sure enough thinking well there goes the head gasket checked the oil but it didn't have that milky color from coolant being mixed in with the oil. Every time I look or think about it I just I get that awesome hot feeling and feel my blood pressure start to skyrocket so I've left it parked and sitting since.
Obviously the best thing to do would be to take it to a shop but atm I'm trying to determine if its worth even fixing at this point with the amount of the costs of repairs to the value of the car.
I'm pretty mechanically inclined and would be all for fixing it myself but I haven't been able to find the information I've needed to break down the engine and rebuild it let alone finding out I'll need a special cam tool that is made specifically for this engine. Then from what I'm reading re-timing is hell and then some along with some things I'm reading saying it could all be the turbo and not the engine. So I have no clue.
Thoughts, opinions and links are all greatly appreciated. I'm just trying to figure out what to do.
Worst comes to worst I'll end up parking it until I can transplant a 350 V-8 in it so if all else fails at least I don't plan on scrapping it or burning it to the ground.