First post!
Hi guys!
I'm Elliot I'm from a small town called heanor in derbyshire! I've recently sold my 320bhp focus Rs to give me a deposit to buy a house, but bein the car crazed man that I am I couldn't be without a turbo'd beast, so decided to go to a car that I always wanted when I was 17/18 and here I am on the Renault turbo forum
I've purchased a 1990 phase 2 5 turbo, 80,000 miles and one owner from new, I took a bit of a gamble with the car and was told by the owner that it was ok as it had not been run for over a year and had just been stored in a garage, not even having a test drive I bought it and trailered it home! The bodywork is really standard and tidy and the interior really is immaculate, I got it home put a new battery on and it started more or less straight away after trying to work out how this bloody choke thing works lol!
I haven't a clue when it comes to chokes carbs and ohv engines! I would consider myself quite handy with the tools and have rebuilt a couple of zetec engines but this is a totally different world!!!!!
Back to the 5 I'm just going to start getting it sorted for its mot but I have got a couple of little problems, it will start to overheat if being driven or just say ticking over! I am yet to do a compression test to see if the hg is ok! It does smoke a little white smoke too! The other little issue is that on boost it pinks! Which can never be a good sign!! So I do need to sort these out before I get anywhere so any tips would be great!!
Sorry about the essay lol and if anyone is local it would be great to meet some of u chaps to get some of ur wisdom!
Thanks elliot