Smoke - What's the cause?
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Smoke - What's the cause?
I'm having a slight smoking issue with the car. Trying to pinpoint it, so I can stop it.
Here is when it happens:
When I give the car throttle (little or a lot doesn't make a different), ONLY AFTER having decellerated in gear for a bit. Say, going down a hill, in 3rd gear, there is no smoke, UNTIL I finish decelerating, and touch the throttle again, I then get this large cloud of smoke, which looks white, but SMELLS and is definitely OIL. And then it goes away. If I decellerate in neutral, and then put it back in gear and accellerate, then it doesn't do it. It only does it when I decellerate in gear, and then start to accellerate again.
I was thinking perhaps it was gravity not letting the oil drain from the turbo (during decelleration), and the pressure of the feed is forcing a drop or two of oil to get through the seals in the turbo, causing it to smoke like crazy when I give the car throttle again.
I ordered an endyn breather kit, and I will check the intercooler pipes to see if there is any oil in them. Should I run an oil restricter? Are the turbo seals bad out of the box?
My oil return is fine, and I am not running a restricter on the turbo feed. Turbo is a brand new (400 miles now) Garrett t3to4e 57 trim.
TYIA for any suggestions.
Here is when it happens:
When I give the car throttle (little or a lot doesn't make a different), ONLY AFTER having decellerated in gear for a bit. Say, going down a hill, in 3rd gear, there is no smoke, UNTIL I finish decelerating, and touch the throttle again, I then get this large cloud of smoke, which looks white, but SMELLS and is definitely OIL. And then it goes away. If I decellerate in neutral, and then put it back in gear and accellerate, then it doesn't do it. It only does it when I decellerate in gear, and then start to accellerate again.
I was thinking perhaps it was gravity not letting the oil drain from the turbo (during decelleration), and the pressure of the feed is forcing a drop or two of oil to get through the seals in the turbo, causing it to smoke like crazy when I give the car throttle again.
I ordered an endyn breather kit, and I will check the intercooler pipes to see if there is any oil in them. Should I run an oil restricter? Are the turbo seals bad out of the box?
My oil return is fine, and I am not running a restricter on the turbo feed. Turbo is a brand new (400 miles now) Garrett t3to4e 57 trim.
TYIA for any suggestions.
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Re: (95dxb18c1)
if you think its oil in the charge tubes and intercooler take a hard left when driving.. my turbo blows oil and it smokes when i take a left... if its not that then you might of fryed an ring or valve seal
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It's not the valve seals. This wasn't happening before I installed the turbo. And it started when I put the turbo in, BUT BEFORE IT HAD BEEN BOOSTED. The valve seals are fine.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurbodTegSfaria »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you think its oil in the charge tubes and intercooler take a hard left when driving.. my turbo blows oil and it smokes when i take a left... if its not that then you might of fryed an ring or valve seal</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hard turns either way have no effect.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurbodTegSfaria »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you think its oil in the charge tubes and intercooler take a hard left when driving.. my turbo blows oil and it smokes when i take a left... if its not that then you might of fryed an ring or valve seal</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hard turns either way have no effect.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 631 Teggy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's not the valve seals. This wasn't happening before I installed the turbo. And it started when I put the turbo in, BUT BEFORE IT HAD BEEN BOOSTED. The valve seals are fine.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Than it's probably sucking oil out of the turbo under high vac. Take hot charge pipe off and have a look. A taste test will confirm if it's oil.
It could still be the valve stem seals... Anything could have happened. My radiator was fine until I boosted my car.
Than it's probably sucking oil out of the turbo under high vac. Take hot charge pipe off and have a look. A taste test will confirm if it's oil.
It could still be the valve stem seals... Anything could have happened. My radiator was fine until I boosted my car.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2point2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Than it's probably sucking oil out of the turbo under high vac. Take hot charge pipe off and have a look. A taste test will confirm if it's oil.
It could still be the valve stem seals... Anything could have happened. My radiator was fine until I boosted my car. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Will do, I'll post back with the findings.
It could still be the valve stem seals... Anything could have happened. My radiator was fine until I boosted my car.
</TD></TR></TABLE>Will do, I'll post back with the findings.
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