t3intercooled
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Just curious if anyone can help. no smoke under throttle, only at idle. I know its oil smoke but not sure where to start looking
smoking at idle
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t3intercooled
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If anyone is willing I can email a short video to see exactly how much its smoking. its not allowing me to attach a video here
it can be a multitude of things, unfortunately,
turbo seal (pull downpipe and look for oil/behind turbine blade, and in the outlet pipe(compressor side)
pcv sucking oil (inside the doghouse there will be oil and behind the throttle blade)
valve guides/seals
leaking intake manifold (should blow oil out the breathers if this was the case, but may not)
ive even heard of a bad ignition module/coil pack causing this (although i dont know how)
im in the same boat as you right now chasing this very issue
turbo seal (pull downpipe and look for oil/behind turbine blade, and in the outlet pipe(compressor side)
pcv sucking oil (inside the doghouse there will be oil and behind the throttle blade)
valve guides/seals
leaking intake manifold (should blow oil out the breathers if this was the case, but may not)
ive even heard of a bad ignition module/coil pack causing this (although i dont know how)
im in the same boat as you right now chasing this very issue
pmoore4321
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Check your turbo seal for leaks like suggested even if it is right out of the box. I had an almost new TE-60 with a bad seal and chased my tail trying to find my smoking issue. Use a flashlight to look inside the housing from the exhaust side. I mistakenly thought the leak would be obvious with oil coating the inside of the downpipe. Absolutely no oil visible post turbo.
