hoverman37

I will try this tonight, that you all very much for the help. Last question, the only vacuum hose should be the on from the weber to the Dist. Correct? Thanks Again for the help, this is a great forum. Hoverman

Is the coolant passage on the manifold or the Carb?

I need some help. I will try to make a long story short, I am on my 3rd engine in the last 6 months on my hovercraft Ea82 CARB.. First one I bought, apparently had been run really hot because when I changed the head gaskets I stripped out every bolt but one when I was re-torquing them.. 2nd Engine was a Turbo that ran good, when I bought the car,but i could not make it fit with the turbo unit in my Hovercraft. 3rd engine, I swapped for the turbo I had bought. I replaced the oil pan gasket, valve gaskets and intake manifold gaskets and I added a weber carb. I fired it up tonight and it was blowing coolent out the exhaust. I checked all connections and hoses and tried again, thinking maybe there was some moisture in the gas. I added some coolent to the radiator and while I was doing this i noticed that water was now flowing up and out my new Weber Carburetor!! What the Heck is going on? I checked the oil and it is a milkshake now. When I changed the oil when I bought the engine, it was dirty, but didn't have any antifreeze in it so I assumed everything was good. I have now run the moter for about 1 minute and its a mess. Any ideas? I pulled the intake maniford and the ports are full of antifreeze and spilling out. is my intake manifold cracked inside? I am wondering because this is the same manifold i used on Engine #1 and it was also blowing water, but the heads were blown so I thought the heads were the problem. Sorry i dragged this out, please help. Tks Scott

Yes, they are spoken for, I made a deal today with a local Subaru guy. Tks Scott

Sorry for the confusion. it is an EA82 Turbo, i guess I am not sure on the car it came from. I got it for a hovercraft project and didn't realize i couldn't use a turbo. The Engine and car are now spoken for. Thanks for the interest and help. Scott

Being the compression difference, what kind of HP would it still produce without the turbo? I only need about 70HP. Tks Scott

I have an Ea82T that I pulled from a car and I have now realized that this engine will not work for my Hovercraft project. Engine ran great 2 weeks ago when I drove the car home. The engine has been pulled from the car, its an 89 Legacy turbo. I have the whole car if you need parts? I would be willing to trade the Turbo motor for a standard ea82 if you have one that runs. Scott in Eugene,Oregon

Thank you all for the advice, Sounds like i rushed into buying the wrong engine. I am going to mount the Turbo back on and then start over on my engine mounts and pullys and try to get this running. This is a great message board. Thanks, I am sure I will have more questions. Scott

Hello, I bought a EA82T for a Hovercraft and the Turbo unit is in the way of my Propeller mounts, Can I remove the Turbo and still use the Motor? Thank you for the help, I am struggling trying to find info, Scott