well I just installed my custom turbo on my 02 civic but it seems like when I started it up the manifold gets hot in like 30sec and starts smoking. im not sure if it could be an oil problem but it doesn't smell like oil and it looks like it's coming from the manifold. nothing was spilled on it. where does the turbo smoke from when there is an oil feed or leak problem. thanks for your quick replys.

 

There could be an infinite number of chemicals on that manifold that are burning off, including finger oils. Let it run for a few minutes, itll be fine. If it keeps smoking after an hour or so, you have other problems.

 

if it's any help. the compressor side of the turbo feels warm too.

 

it only smokes on th e number 3 and 4 runners thought and those are right above where the downpipe connects. If i run the car for an hour and it is being starved for oil wouldn't that be enough to ruin the turbo?

 

Not if you just let it idle.

3 and 4 get hotter faster than the 1 and 2, so I would expect it to cook first.

I don't know what manifold you have, but most cast iron manifolds have a light coating of fish liver oil or other anti-rust agent during storage.

 

it's an sfp manifold and has heat coating on it. But if there was a problem with the oil feed. The turbo would smaoke so quickly would it? I am using 4an feed line with a GE sadwhich plate. and if it was an oil drain then it would be smoking black right? cause it's white smoke.

 

If the problem was oil, then you would start to see oil residue boiling out from the downpipe flange very quickly. White smoke is probably just residue from storage or installation.

 

thanks for the advice guys. keep the thoughts and comments coming.

 

Every time I handle my manifold and then start the car back up, you can see the oils from my hands burning off. It's natural.

 

My car is doing that too, i haven't driven it yet to really give it a chance to burn off, but mine smokes too. However I sprayed that high-temp silver paint on the DP to slow the rust, so i think that could just be burning off.

 

thanks for the help. im gonna finish up the harness install for the emenage and then it should be a wrap. I'll post up if anything comes up but thanks for being a huge help

 

Pop quiz: I have a GE vac manifold. I run the manifold off the break booster line. which port does the vacuum line on a greddy Type S bov do you connect the vacuum to? the top or bottom. On the tial wastegate, the bottom line gets the vac. right? So the Turbo Xs duel stage boost controller would connect to the top port and the other end of the boost controller goes to the vac manifold right?

 

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I *think* this sounds right.

 

ok the boost controller has 2 ports. one in and out. so to clear things up. do i connect the bottom port of the wastegate to the boost in of the controller and the out to the vac. manifold? And if I take the dual stage boost controller and don;t connect the switch to change boost, will it work like a normal single manuel boost controller?

 

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for the bov, connect the vacuum line to the top port, which is the larger one

 

thanks. got that one now anyone have a turbo xs bc? I have the bottom port of my tial wastegate connected to the silver port on the BC and a line from the blue port on the BC to the vac. manifold. is that right?

 

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for a tial gate, this is wrong.

side = vac
top =open to atmosphere or Boost Controller

platinum

 

hey i read that wrong. i thought you were talking about the wastegate.

sorry man...


platinum.

 

but the top is only used for a electronic BC right? not a manuel

 

Call TurboXS...they were helpful in helping me get my MBC hooked up.

 

on the tial w/g... side port goes to a vacuum source. if you're tunning a manual boost controller... u run it inline on that line. if you're running an electronic boost controller such as a profec b. you run the top port to the "out" on the boost controller, and the "in" port goes to the same vacuum source as the w/g side port. Hope this helps.

Marc

 

I think I have it how marc said. the BC is inline with side port of the wg. So both are run off one vac. source. It goes as so.
Side port of wastegate to silver port of BC. Then blue port of BC to the Vac. manifold.