On the 1985 Merkur I was looking at buying there were a few trouble spots. Let me know if it's still worth it.
I found a visible gap between the turbocharger and exhaust manifold, and there was no gasket. Hot exhaust leaked from it obviously, and it made it very noisy. But according to the boost gauge it still built over 10 lbs of boost.
The car also seemed to miss and sputter really bad at 3,000 RPM. Once you got beyond about 3,500 though it ran smooth again.
After a good 15 minute test drive, when I came back and parked the car, I noticed white-ish smoke started comming out of the engine bay and I could smell something burning. I have no idea what it could have been though, since the car didn't smoke at all until it got hot.
The car also hasn't been driven for about 2 months.
That's pretty much all thats wrong with it though, everything else is in great condition.
So is this car still worth the $600?
I found a visible gap between the turbocharger and exhaust manifold, and there was no gasket. Hot exhaust leaked from it obviously, and it made it very noisy. But according to the boost gauge it still built over 10 lbs of boost.
The car also seemed to miss and sputter really bad at 3,000 RPM. Once you got beyond about 3,500 though it ran smooth again.
After a good 15 minute test drive, when I came back and parked the car, I noticed white-ish smoke started comming out of the engine bay and I could smell something burning. I have no idea what it could have been though, since the car didn't smoke at all until it got hot.
The car also hasn't been driven for about 2 months.
That's pretty much all thats wrong with it though, everything else is in great condition.
So is this car still worth the $600?