You can type here any text you want

smoking turbo?

Welcome!

By registering with us, you'll be able to discuss, share and private message with other members of our community.

SignUp Now!

TurboRoss

New Member
Joined
Feb 22, 2003
Messages
16
my turbo started to smoke a little and then finally its getting so bad that there is oil coming out of my downpipe. i took the turbo apart and rebuilt it with new seals. now it does the same thing. is the turbo just totaly worn out that the rebuild didnt help with the sealing of the exhaust shaft? its only coming out of the exhaust side but its coming out very fast enough that the oil is still in fluid form at the end of the DP. any hints on what to do? thanks

dave ross
 
Are you sure it's still bad? We thot the same thing on my bro's car. He had a really bad turbo on it so we swapped out a used one that we bought here. Still smoked. So we put my *good* PT51 on it. STILL smokes - big time. Unhooked the DP at the elbow and started it - runs clean. Turns out it's going to take a long time to burn the oil out of the exhaust. Cat is toast, too.

Jim
 
well it could be that but i rebuilt it and started it. no smoke. drove it around for i would think about 60 miles or so. no smoke. started this weekend started to smoke a little. the car warmed up it stopped smoking. drove it for about 10 miles brought it home started the next day it never stopped smiling in fact when i unhooked the downpiped to the exhaust to let it run it was spitting out pure oil not just burning it. i know its not the engine or the heads cause i just put new rings in and reworked heads. and the header looks clean free of oil. its just in the turbo. thanks for the help. hopefully i can find the problem.

dave ross
 
Post the solution when you finally figure it out, it will be interesting to see what the problem is.



-DC:cool:
 
i found my problem today. it was a clogged return line. got that fixed and my problems disappeared.

thanks for all the help

dave ross
 
Probably the turbo oil return line, it's that bendable metal line that's impossible to fanagle with... :)



-DC:cool:
 
sinful6 you got it. the turbo oil return line. im glad it was that espeacially since i just rebuilt it. i didnt want to have to buy a new one. thanks for the help guys

dave ross
 
Back
Top