I just put my custom turbo kit on my civic last week and it has been smoking really bad since then. It is a thick white smoke and it has only been smoking a little when the engine is idling or during normal acceleration, then it smokes a LOT when I am driving at normal speed and then let off the gas or take it out of gear. I drove it for about an hour a few days ago so the engine was really hot and it wasnt smoking that bad at all. I have talked to a few people who said I need to get the turbo rebuilt (I bought a used T3/T04), or my piston rings are messed up. I dont think it is my oil drain line since its -10AN. I have a B18B1 running 7psi with an MSD SCI, vortech 12:1 FMU, walbro 255, and I am using 10w40 oil. This is my first post and my first turbo kit installation, so any help would be appreciated.

 

did you change your oil yet?

 

I put new oil in when i put the turbo kit on.

 

unhook your charge pipe and drive around for a little bit. if the problem goes away and then comes back after you hook the charge pipe back up then it's your turbo seals.

 

your drain line is probably kinked. un-kink it.

Good luck.

 

Is that turbo water cooled? If so, sounds like the seals are gone.

 

any smoke out the valve cover breather? are you loosing coolant? maybe do a comrpession test

 

did you check if you put too much oil in?

 

do I unhook my charge pipe at the throttle body or turbo? And does anyone know a good place that will rebuild a turbo. - Off the topic, how do I get rid of this trial user thing it says under my name?

 

There isnt any smoke coming out of the valve cover breather filter, the turbo isnt water cooled and it doesn't have too much oil in it anymore, it did at first. I am going to flush the radiator because it needs it anyway. I think it is the seals in the turbo. Thanks for the help so far.