well i could faintly smell the smoke, but when i popped the hood, i could see faint smoke coming from the turbo!!! any help???!

 

is it new

 

so smoke was coming from the turbo?? cheack the charge pipes for oil. you might have a bad seal

 

it was a used greddy kit..
i just saw the manifold and saw smoke coming not from it, but below...
and what is a bad seal?

 

Well if the turbo has been sitting for a while, it will smoke for a bit. Maybe for like an hour. I've had it happened. A friend had a turbo sitting in his room for a couple months and finally decided to use it and it was smoking a lot. After 30 mins it was still smoking. The next day there was no smoke.

If it continues to smoke, it could be:

1. Pinched oil return line, causing the oil to "flood" the turbo seals
2. Bad seals

 

if its a bad seal and the turbo is leaking oil then you will have to get it rebuilt. http://www.cheapturbo.com <---- here is a place that does rebuilds

 

You also might have an exhaust leak. I had very faint smoke coming out for the first few minutes and it was coming from the downpipe was not on tight enough a small gap.

 

don't think of the worst thing....first try something simple like retorquing everything....manifold...turbo to manifold...downpipe.....oil feed/drain....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BG Boost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well if the turbo has been sitting for a while, it will smoke for a bit. Maybe for like an hour. I've had it happened. A friend had a turbo sitting in his room for a couple months and finally decided to use it and it was smoking a lot. After 30 mins it was still smoking. The next day there was no smoke.

If it continues to smoke, it could be:

1. Pinched oil return line, causing the oil to "flood" the turbo seals
2. Bad seals</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn it... pinched oil return line... and i can't unpinch it...
i'm gonna try to wrap a clamp around the line to force it to open

 

or u could just by a new one??

 

ok, i fixed the line, but i still smell something... no smoke though... should i worry?`

 

what kind of smell is it? like oil burning? is the smell at idle or after you drive it?

 

well after i drive it, and let it idle for a bit before turning it off ( i have a turbo timer, but not powered up) anyways i jump out and i can smell through the front grill this odor.. i can't describe... maybe its burning oil?