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First of all i know the three main things are piston rings PCV valves or turbo seals. So i dont need to know the possibillitys I want to know what its likely to be with my symptoms

 

 

 

After driving and leaving my car turned off for a little while and then startin it up again to warm up after a few min im getting oil smoke coming out of the RIGHT exhaust. Its very heavy. but if i drive on full boost it clears instantly.

Then at no other point will this happen again even if when i finish driving and let run for a min its still clear

 

 

Come on any solutions

what colour is the smoke bud??

 

blue means the oil's getting burnt in the cylinders, & grey means it's just getting heated up through the exhaust possibly tubs!!

 

can anyone confirm this??

 

100% correct! Rear seals allow oil to pass into exhaust then it gets heated up and just gives off a grey/white smoke. Piston rings/pistons/compressor seals will give blue smoke as the oil is burnt in the cylinders... Its the burning which makes the difference in the colour :)

100% correct! Rear seals allow oil to pass into exhaust then it gets heated up and just gives off a grey/white smoke. Piston rings/pistons/compressor seals will give blue smoke as the oil is burnt in the cylinders... Its the burning which makes the difference in the colour :)

 

 

My car has started doing exactly the same as this one!!

What a great site!!

 

The smoke in mine is grey/white, it's soooo easy to tell with the amount of the stuff coming out.

 

These turbo seals that you are talking of.....I have just had 2 turbos I bought 2nd hand fitted and I don't think they have had new seals put on when the boy fit them.

 

So 2 questions here.......

1. where can I get these seals from (and any ideas on prices)?

and

2. Does this mean the boy who fit the turbos (removed the engine to do this) will have to do this again?

 

Cheers,

 

Michael

100% correct! Rear seals allow oil to pass into exhaust then it gets heated up and just gives off a grey/white smoke. Piston rings/pistons/compressor seals will give blue smoke as the oil is burnt in the cylinders... Its the burning which makes the difference in the colour :)

Fastredz

what colour is the smoke bud??

 

blue means the oil's getting burnt in the cylinders, & grey means it's just getting heated up through the exhaust possibly tubs!!

 

can anyone confirm this??

 

 

Great posts. I didn't know that, thanks for the info.

My car has started doing exactly the same as this one!!

What a great site!!

 

The smoke in mine is grey/white, it's soooo easy to tell with the amount of the stuff coming out.

 

These turbo seals that you are talking of.....I have just had 2 turbos I bought 2nd hand fitted and I don't think they have had new seals put on when the boy fit them.

 

So 2 questions here.......

1. where can I get these seals from (and any ideas on prices)?

and

2. Does this mean the boy who fit the turbos (removed the engine to do this) will have to do this again?

 

Cheers,

 

Michael

Its not a good idea using 2nd hand turbos because of all the work involved, you'd normally get them reconditioned first before putting them back in. Unfortunately yes the engine will have to come back out. I'd use http://www.turbodynamics to recon your units, they seem to be the best of the bunch.