hey guys. a friend of mine his car smokes pretty bad when he drives it then comes to a stop. it pours smoke out the exhaust. smells like oil. compression is good. low mileage ls motor brand new turbo. didnt smoke before turbo was installed. day we put turbo on it started to smoke like that. i know this happened to some of you guys before. whats the cause/solution???
Rob

 

car has great power just smokes.

 

The seals in the turbo might be bad.. Also your valve seals might be worn out but I would guess its the turbo seals since it didnt do it before the turbo.. Remove one of your charge pipes and see if there is oil in there..

 

My turbo seals were bad, my turbo did this, does it pour smoke when he is pulling like 18 inches of vacuum down hills and stuff, thats what mine did.

 

I second the seal in the turbo. Have you cheched the charge pipes for oil?

 

Could be that the oil return is kinked/restrictive and/or the return bung in the pan is too low.

 

it did it when the turbo was brand new. the turbo had 0 miles on it when we put the kit on and it did this. so my guess is it isnt the turbo seals. and the valve seals wouldnt it smoke before we even put the turbo on? it was like this. ls swap no turbo just stock b18b. no smoke ran perfect. 3 weeks later. put the turbo kit on. 1st drive we take on it. it smokes. smokes a lot, runs perfect still. if the return fitting in the pan is too low it wont catch it right? there is no kinks in the return.

 

If the return is too low and the oil level is higher than the return, then its harder for the oil to go into the pan, when the car has higher oil pressure (when normal driving) the oil will force its way back into the pan, at idle, there isn't enough pressure to do so, so it smokes through the turbo.

 

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I think that's the case with my turbo, because my return sucks. . .

 

if it smoked right away like before you even beat on the car at all with the turbo then i bet it is your return line. Similar thing happened to my friend's car...the moment he started the car up with his brand new turbo smoke started coming from the turbo.

 

did he solve the problem?

 

You know. No one asked what COLOR the smoke was, and its scent to get a deductive diagnosis...

 

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My turbo was "rebuilt" and it smoked.

 

its like a bluish grey, deff a oil smell. so i know its oil. just cant figure out why.

 

Im gonna have to say check the turbo and the oil return.

Khoi

 

If you have an oil line restrictor and an oil return at least as good as this


(This oil return does not smoke)
Assuming your motor is good, it is your turbo seals.