Ok, heres the deal, I just got this free 2wd 85 GL-10, yeah, big deal right, but someone put a MPFI turbo engine in it! It doesnt run to great right now, seems like a timing/ignition problem. The turbo looks splendid, no oil leaking from anywhere. Basically I dont know what to do with the car, and I dont know how much it is worth. I should really just fix er up and sell it. But, I dont know if I can let go of this motor, all depends on how much I could get for this car. I am also tempted to swap motors with my 88 4wd d/r wagon and then sell the 2wd. Any suggestions or ideas would be great. And I dont know a thing about the EA82T if anyone has any suggestions about how to get it running right. (Wont idle, runs very rough.)

 

Clayton

Bellingham

Many GL10 cars in '85 and '86 were EA82T's factory, 2WD or otherwise. The fuel pump from a carbed car will not push injectors anyway, your fuel filter is probably beside the wiper motor, about 3" diameter, you have a turbo car. You really can't mix and match because you are talking apples and oranges.

Well first off, that engine thats in there is STOCK. All EA82 cars that were turbo had an MPFI turbo'd engine in them. If you fix it, you might be able to get $500 outta it but that's depending on who's in the market for one. Also, you'll have a lot of headaches if you end up swapping that engine into your '88.

Wait, are you guys saying that this car rolled out of the factory WITH the turbo?? The person I got it from said that her friend put that engine in there, perhaps the engine that was replaced WAS a turbo? (What kind of headaches?)

 

Clayton

Bellingham

1985 2WD GL-10's came with only two engine options- MPFI nonturbo and MPFI turbo. The electronics in them are the same, and the engines can be interchanged without too much hassle (I just replaced a turbo with an MPFI nonturbo, it was plug and play). But when putting a turbo in place of a nonturbo, you'd need to replace the crossmember to make room for the crossover pipe- still not so hard to do.

 

It could have been converted, yes... or they could have just swapped a dead engine for a live one. Check on the gauge cluster, is there a turbo light? It's pretty obvious, it'll say TURBO written in white, with a light next to it. If the turbo light is there, then more than likely the car was turbo from the factory.

Why is this a moral dilemma? What issue of morality is at stake here?

 

Pull the motor and junk the rest of the car. Drop the motor in a project later.

I'm with Northguy. I don't see any moral dilemna. It doesn't sound like you cheated anyone. Just keep what you want.

The dilemma is would I be an idiot to let this car go??

then keep it. if you want to make it AWD send me a PM and i will hook you up with all that you need to make it AWD. or junk it...

 

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