First Start and ... Smoking, not blown headgasket, oil
10-30-08, 07:33 PM
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First Start and ... Smoking, not blown headgasket, oil
Well i have footaghe that i want to get up but i finally started it and i guess one of my turbos are blown... Smoke like crazy and oil out of exhaust. Say it an't so!!!
10-30-08, 09:23 PM
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Haha well I have some jdm twins lying around that I could sell you pretty cheap. Except the shipping. which is hella expensive
10-30-08, 09:24 PM
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BTW Exhaust is in my coolant so I'm gonna have to dig deep in mine also
damn
10-30-08, 10:12 PM
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uhh dang thats ****ty, i hope it's not the heater coller not opening, did you route the vacuum line to where your fuel pressure regulator goees the same place that you would mount boost gauge?
10-30-08, 10:13 PM
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10-31-08, 02:54 AM
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blown turbos. Maybe piston rings as well? Open the oil cap when engine is on. If you see smoke coming out of the oil cap, time for new rings.
10-31-08, 03:09 AM
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Check the inside of your intercooler pipe right after the turbos and see if its oily inside. That might be why there's smoke coming from your BOV area. lol @ smells like old people.
10-31-08, 06:46 AM
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Wow, I got smoke from mine also when I first cranked it after it warms up. Not nearly that much though. Pissed me off, and haven't started it since.
10-31-08, 01:53 PM
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well i started it again and thank fully no smoke from oil cap, barley any smoke compared to yesterdays out of the back and no oil... i have no clue.
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