White Smoke

[sixftseven]

I just had my engine rebuilt by a very reputable shop. The builder broke in the engine & returned the vehicle back to me. I noticed while letting the car idle to warm up, if I hit the accelarator white smoke comes out the tail pipe. I went to the track and made a pass & the track officials told me there was alot of white smoke coming from my car. Please advise on what to do....

 

[Onalky87]

Blue= oil
black=gas
white=coolant

not saying that's ur problem but it's definatly a possibility

 

[Powder]

I've been told by a local turbo shop that leaking turbo seals will produce white smoke, not blue. How oil can burn white, I don't know, just passing along what I was told.
Pull your up pipe and check for oil in the throttle body. This will help isolate the cause wherever its coming from.

 

[WIKEDV6]

Did they use thread sealer on the head bolts? Usually white smoke is coolant. The turbo would be bluish smoke due oil getting into the exhaust. Are you loosing coolant?

Prasad

 

[GW2]

I can attest to oil burning white, when my turbo grenaded it burned 1/3rd of the oil in the engine and smokes out the entire highway with a cloud of white smoke in seconds.

 

[sixftseven]

Thanks for everyone's help.
I pulled the up pipe and looked in through the throttle body and it looks like my power plate (RJC) is coated with oil. I also looked inside the up pipe and it has black residue kinda oily in the up pipe, which could indicate the turbo seal going bad. I don't know if this is normal or not. If there's a coolant leak, wouldn't my oil be milky when I check it on the dipstick?

 

[davidf]

Thanks for everyone's help.
I pulled the up pipe and looked in through the throttle body and it looks like my power plate (RJC) is coated with oil. I also looked inside the up pipe and it has black residue kinda oily in the up pipe, which could indicate the turbo seal going bad. I don't know if this is normal or not. If there's a coolant leak, wouldn't my oil be milky when I check it on the dipstick?

Not in every case. Water may pass through the head gasket into the cylinder and not get into the crankcase. Sounds like you found your issue though.