igo4bmx

well i could faintly smell the smoke, but when i popped the hood, i could see faint smoke coming from the turbo!!! any help???!

Mr. Softee

is it new

TeStUdO

so smoke was coming from the turbo?? cheack the charge pipes for oil. you might have a bad seal

igo4bmx

it was a used greddy kit..
i just saw the manifold and saw smoke coming not from it, but below...
and what is a bad seal?

Ri5e

Well if the turbo has been sitting for a while, it will smoke for a bit. Maybe for like an hour. I've had it happened. A friend had a turbo sitting in his room for a couple months and finally decided to use it and it was smoking a lot. After 30 mins it was still smoking. The next day there was no smoke.

If it continues to smoke, it could be:

1. Pinched oil return line, causing the oil to "flood" the turbo seals
2. Bad seals

TeStUdO

if its a bad seal and the turbo is leaking oil then you will have to get it rebuilt. http://www.cheapturbo.com <---- here is a place that does rebuilds

DeepSi

You also might have an exhaust leak. I had very faint smoke coming out for the first few minutes and it was coming from the downpipe was not on tight enough a small gap.

mamaboy

don't think of the worst thing....first try something simple like retorquing everything....manifold...turbo to manifold...downpipe.....oil feed/drain....

igo4bmx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BG Boost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well if the turbo has been sitting for a while, it will smoke for a bit. Maybe for like an hour. I've had it happened. A friend had a turbo sitting in his room for a couple months and finally decided to use it and it was smoking a lot. After 30 mins it was still smoking. The next day there was no smoke.

If it continues to smoke, it could be:

1. Pinched oil return line, causing the oil to "flood" the turbo seals
2. Bad seals</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn it... pinched oil return line... and i can't unpinch it...
i'm gonna try to wrap a clamp around the line to force it to open

spoolinlude

or u could just by a new one??

igo4bmx

ok, i fixed the line, but i still smell something... no smoke though... should i worry?`

TeStUdO

what kind of smell is it? like oil burning? is the smell at idle or after you drive it?

igo4bmx

well after i drive it, and let it idle for a bit before turning it off ( i have a turbo timer, but not powered up) anyways i jump out and i can smell through the front grill this odor.. i can't describe... maybe its burning oil?