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White Smoke, Brakes and other annoying questions 200 1983

posted by  ChangKaiShek on  Mon Jan 21 15:02 CST 2002
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First off let me state which brick I am honored to have. It's a 1983 242GLTi (b21ft).

I'm having a few problems which are baffling to me so lets hope someone can explain and suggest what to do. First off. The brake pads on my car, I can find no real indication of what brake pads are the correct to purchase for my car as there are quite a few different choices. ATE, Girling and ATE(except IRS)? Anyone know which of these I would buy for my brick? Or at least have some pointers on how to identify which braking system my car has?

Second off. Suspension parts - struts and shocks mainly, perhaps coil springs once I can rake up the cash. Would I be better off to purchase the parts myself and then have a 3rd party shop install them? Or better off just to take the car itself and pay for the parts + labor there? I'd say I could change the parts myself, but for some reason the fear of having the coil spring tensioner break and having a 7 1/2 pound spring shoot off into the air(or my face) scares me. And with my luck that would happen.

Finally. I have a coolant leak, from the pass. side of the engine between the block and head. I'll assume it's a blown gasket. However I have NO oil in my coolant or coolant in my oil. The car is burning (something). When it's cold and I start the car, I will commonly get large plumes of white/grey smoke. Once the car is heated up properly the problem goes away, however turning the car off and restarting it can cause a puff or two til you get going.

However when warm, there is no smoke to be found. Which I think is odd. The car is using coolant, but it really could all be from the leak in the head. Is it normal for an older car to smoke alot when it's cold?

Finally, I've found small amounts of oil at the tailpipe of my car. Compression on all cylinders is pretty high, and they were all even, so I would not think the rings. But who knows. Or is that normal too?

Other than that I think my brick is in good health. I decided to check the intercooler as I was getting a bit of oil through the intake system. After (at least two years) there was little more than a half teaspoon of oil I could get out of the intercooler. (let it sit outside of the car for a few days.). So I'll assume my turbo is in good running order?

And last I'd like to say! For those having trouble with a bad idling brick, check/clean the TPS and the throttle body. It did wonders for my brick.

Thats it for now

Jeff






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