i was racing my friends 00 prelude sh with i/h/e and all of a sudden my engine just went pooooshhhhhhhh.. and i saw white smoking coming outta the wastegate area.. everythign still drives normal so far.. i gotta pop the hood tomorrow and do a check in daylight.. so far i think its the wastegate gasket.. does that sound normal to u guys? that procedure to blowing a wastegate gasket

 

Maybe you blew your A/C line since the Wastegate does kinda shoot right at it!

 

if your wastegate gasket is blown, you should hear the exhaust exiting at idle and when driving around off boost. If the smoke is coming out of a breather hose, or what holds your oil dipstick....the outcome won't be fun.

 

white smoke sounds like coolant...hopefully it's just exhaust.

 

if you blew something.. you would really notice it. however, you might have something broken or loose... always good to check it out.

 

That happened to me when my wastegate blew hella hot air and blew a hole in my upper radiator hose, tons of white smoke. Or maybe it just blew up a hole by itself

 

it has been confirmedd its the upper A/C hose thats infront of the wastegate... now how do i come to repairing it? just buy another hose ... do i have recharge my whole a/c system again? how long can i drive around with it like this...

 

You should be able to just replace the hose if it's the low pressure a/c line......recharging it will be like $70, but you can drive as long as you want, nothing is in danger.....if you're in a wet climate and drive around a long time with a hole in your a/c system, the evap canistor will get all soaked and you'll need to replace it....
Brian

 

cool thanks... yea its the low pressure line..

 

why not just rip the AC out.

 

It's hot out