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Bad Turbo or Do i need Restrictor?

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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Default Bad Turbo or Do i need Restrictor?

Heres the Deal.

I got a turbo Si T3 T4 Turbo
1/2" Oil Return


When car Starts, there is no oil smoke.
It Gradually starts to smoke
After a while at idle, there is thick oil smoke.
Driving, there is clouds of smoke

My Return line has no kinks or does not hang upwards.
I even Drained out some oil in the pan to see if the return was blocked.

PLEASE give me some valuable input
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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Default Re: Bad Turbo or Do i need Restrictor?

What kinda turbo do you have? if it's a ball-bearing turbo it generally needs much less oil pressure than journal-bearing turbo's... Your seals on the turbo could be blown.. how does it handle driving without boost vs. with?
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