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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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so i have a mini me turbo with a t3/t4 450 cc injector, set at 8 psi on a basemap, my problem is that the car seems to be smoking way too much the smoke coming out of it is like bluish. i really dont know hat could be the problem any help will be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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Default Re: turbo civic smoking

you should really search since this is pretty straight forward but what kind of turbo is it? are you losing any oil/notice a difference when you check the oil level? does it smoke always? under acceleration? etc....
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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Blue is usually oil, but yeah we need more info. If it's smoking at idle it could be a kinked oil return, blowby, or if you've been beating on it, piston rings. What kind of a catch can setup are you running? I'm betting your PCV is plugged.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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i havent taken the car out for a test drive or anything like that its been sitting in my garage since i started the project. its an ebay turbo im not losing oil and it just smokes at idle i revved to 3 grand and does it even more.. the returned line is fine i checked to see if it had any kinks or anything like that but the line looks good..
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Any oil in your intercooler pipes? If you just put the turbo on and haven't even driven it yet then it must be a turbo issue. If the return line is too narrow, or not angled down enough, or too low on the pan, these will all cause oil to back up into the turbo as well.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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How big an fitting is your drain line?
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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It could be your **** is dumping too much fuel, but i'm leaning towards the burning of oil, when you run rich it's usually grayish smoke. When you have a restriction of flow of oil, your turbocharger will actually have an excess amount of oil in it and it will start to come out of your exhaust housing (which could be burning that oil)
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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^ you mean no reducer will dump excessive oil and smoke. Also any kinks in drain line. Train line should connect to oil pan nearest the top and be behind a main bearing cap so at higher Rpms the oil can still drain
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