Recently got a twin turbo manual h plate reading 47 thousand miles, all seemed well until a couple of days ago when waiting on idle for approx 3 to 5 mins i noticed some blue smoke coming out of the left exhaust pipe so i immediately turned it off and checked everything, levels etc. Nothing amiss so turned it back on and no smoke drove off, lifted revs and nothing. then yesterday waiting on idle it did it again, same exhaust(left), but as soon as you rev it its gone again, when its up to temp and you boot it its fine not a drop, the oil level seems to be same as was when i got it???? what is it ?? is it something sinister, its been de-catted but that was back in november ANY IDEAS ?????

The turbo is leaking oil.

People usually notice it when they leave it for a day and then the smoke appears when you start it up.

 

There is nothing you can do really besides get the seals done on the turbo.

 

Its not that bad if you keep an eye on the oil, but it will slowly get worse.

 

Stuart

Thanks for that is it costly, are the seals expensive, what sort of labour time etc

its an engine out job m8, very expensive, if it isnt smoking badly i'd leave it tbh.

gavo,

 

afraid engine out!

most decent places charge bout 600ish labour just to tke the eng out n few hundred prob to get ur turbos recond from smithy.... then u ask the fella who took ur engine out how much he would charge to refit ur tub's......

 

regards

jaz

Hmmmmmm but what would cause that, its so sudden could it be something else??