I've just noticed that I'm getting a *little* smoke from my engine that appears to be comming from the back of the turbo, unfortunately the source appears to be covered by the heat shield.

It's not exhaust gases as it continues when the engine is off but still hot. Should I be worried or is this something you see from time to time perhaps from some crap getting between the heat shield and the turbo? It smoke smells a little rubbery to me - I can't see any sign of oil and my oil levels are constant as ever.

I noticed this yesterday and I can't say I've seen any today, I assume you get a constant oil pressure to turbo when driving so if it was a leak I would expect to see it all the time - yeah??

Should I be overly concerned?

cheers

Jamie...

 

could be the rocker cover gasket.... or power steering fluid.... you wont see a massive amount of loss on the dip stick it only takes a few drips to make alot of smoke..

Dan

 

Thats the second suggestion I've had from the rocker cover... will have a closer look

cheers

Jamie...

 

Hi,

I say that because mine did the same.... the rocker cover leaked and dripped onto the exhaust manifold, its supposed to be a common problem.....

Dan

 

Your oil feed to your turbo could also be leaking... I wouldnt accept they all do that... get it fixed before it catches fire.

David

 

My oil feed to the turbo was leeking onto the turbo and heatshield. Changed the copper washers but still leaked so used some locktight to seal the thread on the bolt and it seems to have done the job.

Evren

 

Uhm... Me think's it'll be a trip to the local dealer for me then just to be on the safe side!

cheers all

Jamie...

 

The answer appears to be the cam/crank/cam covers are all leaking a bit. The cam / crank seal will be the first to be done as I'm told this may be contaminating my cam belt...

cheers for all the suggestions

Jamie...