I'm not sure, but I think a seal on my turbo is going bad. It's a turbonetics t3/t4. Everynow and again, when I stop at a light, or get off the highway, I'll get a cloud of smoke out the exhaust, then it goes away. At first I thought it may also be valve seals, but I just swapped out the motor and it's still doing it. Is this common with seals on the turbo going bad?

 

yep check ur i.c Piping for oil

 

Iam having that same problem right now, my car is smoking really bad and there is oil leaking out from the exhaust housing on the turbo.

 

sounds like you have bad rings.

 

Yes.. Bluish smoke? Try using some Mobil 1 15w50 and report back...

 

i cant really tell on smoke color they all look the same to me, but like i can get a video of it smoking sometimes i can just rev it up then let go of the gas and the smoke will just come out i really think it will only do that when in high rpm, but ill try the 15w50 and see

 

well here is a video i found of basically of the same thing it does but i dont have have 2 step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6Kocm0Ftw

 

Just like someone said. Pull the downpipe and IC piping off as well and see. Mine did the same thing. If you roll to stop lights very slow it probably doesnt do anything huh?

 

its prolly just the extra gas ur injectors shoot out when ur on the gas pedel and its just being ignited. or if ur not running a braided return line it can be pinched and the turbo is being over filled thats what happened to me

 

just by a rebuild kit and rebuild it nothing to rebuilding it. im sure your going to have oil in your icp. i had a t3/t4 turbonitics 50 trim that did the samething. rebuilt it havent had anymore problems with it.

 

ok so tonight i was driving my car and notice i wasnt building any boost pressure at all and so i went to go look at which icp got loose and it was the one that connects to the turbo and i reach my finger in the inside just to see for oil and yes there is oil, i was wondering how much would a turbo rebuid kit cost.?

 

Not very much I found the problem being finding a good rebuild kit. My kit for my super sixty was around eighty