I bought this car last year some time, I replaced the turbo, because it burned about a gallon of oil on its maiden drive from Maine to mass. The turbine had so much play I was surprised it didn't self destruct. While this drive was mostly after midnight, it was hard to find a place to buy oil, and I'm sure the engine ran way too low at some point because I filled like 4 quarts into it when I was an hour from home, and that only brought it halfway up the dipstick.
It's been having trouble starting cold, and revs get hung up high if I Rev it too high. Once I ran some diesel slick / cleaner through it and it seemed to help the revving issue for a little but it does it again now. I did replace all the glow plugs, but it only starts cold after cranking for like a minute, while jumped from my truck. It needs to be spinning really way faster than it should need to. It starts on the first or second Rev when warm though.
I definitely noticed blue smoke at high rpms.
Good tip on pressure washing the engine bay, it is filthy oily.
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