Anyone know anything About GTT Caldina's? !Whats going on!

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My friend has a GTT Caldina and last night driving along, we went to boost and it boost spluttered (kind of backfired out the gate) and the boost gauge was spiing up and down between 7-15 PSI (Currently tuned to 15PSI).

We then stopped and opened the bonnet- origanally thinking a boost hose or pipe had blown off, we had a hunt.. Couldnt find a thing..

Went to start it and it tunred over once. Then didnt even turn over again.

The starter motor makes and engaing noise when I turn the key, but its almost like it has seized or something!?! Any one got any ideas??

[ODB]

have heard bad things about them

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 ODB said:

have heard bad things about them

yeah this one ran really well. 12 second car, and has all the safty features in the link so really trying to figure out whats going on..

[funkytown]

sounds like internet resolution of this problem is not going to help you mate. Take it to someone that knows or can see it in person.

I could rattle off a list of ten things at least that could be terminal motor failure and 'maybe' your issue. I dont think that approach is overly helpful here.

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 funkytown said:

sounds like internet resolution of this problem is not going to help you mate. Take it to someone that knows or can see it in person.

I could rattle off a list of ten things at least that could be terminal motor failure and 'maybe' your issue. I dont think that approach is overly helpful here.

Yeah very true, I have taken the cambelt cover off and checked the turbo and everything. im thinking Maybe a snapped cam due to low oil pressure or maybe a melted piston.. Soon to find out. FKN cars!

[funkytown]

i do know those GTT motors dont like to have to boost wound up, the like about 10psi max to last as they run pretty high compression. (taken from the Celica iirc).

Doesnt sound good though

either scenario seems reasonable given the boost going crazy and a seized motor. Can you get a large bar on the crank pulley and wind it over by hand? Being a inline four banger you should be able to remove the cam cover fairly easily as well. Id also compression test it. Should give you a reasonable stab at whats going on with it.

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 funkytown said:

i do know those GTT motors dont like to have to boost wound up, the like about 10psi max to last as they run pretty high compression. (taken from the Celica iirc).

Doesnt sound good though

either scenario seems reasonable given the boost going crazy and a seized motor. Can you get a large bar on the crank pulley and wind it over by hand? Being a inline four banger you should be able to remove the cam cover fairly easily as well. Id also compression test it. Should give you a reasonable stab at whats going on with it.

Yeah the tune was quite conservitive according to the tuner, reaching a 15PSI max at 215KW, im going to plug the link in and see if it threw any random fuel figures or codes.

I'm going to try and crank it over as soon as I have this rocker cover off. Hopefully I can figure it out.. Hymm

[DRFVDR]

Before panicing to much what is the battery like maybe be a crook Battery/Alternator

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 We are borg said:

Before panicing to much what is the battery like maybe be a crook Battery/Alternator

Yeah thats what I initally thought, I might throw another one in it and thry that

[reaperblitz]

All the best. Let us know what comes up.

Something seizing ain't a good thing

[Guest]

randomly the camry/estima engines do break cams but theyre v6 have seen it in one 3l hilux too only ever in toyotas. quite often with a broken cam they will still run but depends how its broken. pull the cam cover off its easy. checking alternators a bit trickier if you cant start it up but if your batterys dead flat its a good indication it should have anywhere betwen 12-13.5v.

+1 on funkys post