smoking when not underload

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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My car very lightly smokes when it is not under load. I recently did a compression test and all the cylinders were good. When im lightly accelerating the smoke goes away. It is a very small amount of smoke. I was totally unaware of it until my brother followed behind me today. Does this sound like symptoms of a turbo seal leak.

Ohh, my wideband reads 14 in the regions where it smokes btw.

I have a B16a stock
SC34 turbo
7 lbs of boost
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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do you have a catch can set up?
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 05:53 AM
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I tore out the pcv valve and have a line going from the black box on the back to a catch can. The valve cover also goes to the catch can.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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could be turbo seals. Check your intercooler piping for oil. If there is then it is probably a cold side seal. Also check the down pipe for oil residue. Take a look at your plugs. If they do not have signs of oil on them, then the oil is probably being burned in the exhuast somewhere. Valve stems seals and/or valve guides? How many miles on the stock engine and how many with boost?
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