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Re: low power / oil in radiator waterq 700 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be adam tomasi on  Wed May 2 12:08 CST 2001 [RELATED]

thanks steve,

a leaky radiator seems to be the culpret for the shifting problem, any idea what the chances are that the transmission is ruined?

By no power i mean the car has problems making it up moderately steep hills or accelerating on flat ground. it seems more noticeble at low rpms before the turbo kicks in. I'll check the engine compression and then what else could be likely causes? what should the compression be? the car has 250K miles with the original turbo which is whinning, and therefore i assume dying, and original cat converter. Any chance the transmission is the cause, somehow the water oil mixture in the transmission creates a lot of friction thereby resulting in dimisnished power to the driveshaft?

I was thinking of just replacing the engine (950$ with turbo) and transmission (500$) with used ones from Volvo & Saab Auto Dismantlers of Rancho Cordova, CA. supposedly the parts have about 100k on them. Any experience with this dismantler and any comments on the quality of the engines or transmission I might get from a dismantler. am i better off rebuilding my engine, how much does that cost?

thanks for any suggestions,

adam





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