The first thread I posted was about them darn cone washers ... HINT for the board ... a truck that has spent 20 years in Vermont makes the cone washers become one with the stud they're on ...

NOW .... It was said that the truck has a head gasket leak HOWEVER I searched it today and the oil appears to be comming from the lower left hand side of the motor at the turbo.

Anyone have any suggestions as to any thing that they may have run up against with this same problem?

 

Didn't think the turbo was offered in '88 .... just '86 and '87 ...

 

The turbo has an oil feed and oil drain.
It also has internal seals that prevent oil from getting into your intake.
Clean it up, drive it, figure out where it's leaking from. Minor leaks at the compressor inlet are normal for turbos.

 

Thanks for theinfo. I will do that and come back at ya.

The truck is a 1988 however I am finding a few parts are for a 87. Maybe LATE 87 early 88 truck.

 

look on the driver side door by the striker to see when it was made., month and year, maybe it was made in 87 and not titled till 88?


or someone did a swap, eather way thats a sweet truck

 

def an 87, no such thing as a turbo from factory in 88. however, some states will title a vehicle in the year it was sold, not so much the model year. could've been a leftover. whats the build date on the tag in the engine bay? (just out of curiosity)

 

just as a follow up ... this truck is a march 88 date on the plate and has a turbo motor. My sister N law is the orig owner and a turbo it had ....

I dunno what to say ... but it even has turbo emblems on the body

 

must have been an overlap. I really was unaware that such a thing existed, but hey, you're one lucky guy. I'd love to have a 22RTE...

 

everytime I go to get parts for my 88 22re, they always ask if it is a turbo or not.

So they must have built factory turbo models in 88

 

it must have been a rare thing, because they did officially stop making them in 88 because that is when they replaced it with the newer 3.0L V6. so it might have been a rare thing to get a factory 88 turbo instead of a V6.