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hello everyone for years my car has smoked after its been sitting for a day or two then diven hard had it for years with no loss of power but now im selling and need it sorted i opened the bonnet today and the white smoke seems to be coming from under the heat sheild of the turbo any help please like i sed ive had it for years will sometimes smoke and some times i can go for a 100 mile run and nothing its a 98 s reg uk turbo wagon nearly stock wit 55k on clock
hello everyone for years my car has smoked after its been sitting for a day or two then diven hard had it for years with no loss of power but now im selling and need it sorted i opened the bonnet today and the white smoke seems to be coming from under the heat sheild of the turbo any help please like i sed ive had it for years will sometimes smoke and some times i can go for a 100 mile run and nothing its a 98 s reg uk turbo wagon nearly stock wit 55k on clock
Do you have a exhaust leak, mine is leaking where the turbo bolts to the up pipe and the "smoke" comes out from the scoop! But mine sounds like a tractor. How thick is the smoke ?
Does it smell like burnt oil?, if it does have a look at the bottom of the drivers side cam covers...chances are the cam cover is dripping oil into the exhaust headers/up pipe which looks like the smoke comes from the turbo and out of the scoop
maybe water seeps out when cold but it seals when hot as metal expands? who knows bud these things can be hard to diagnose. if you had access to ramps it would be easier to see whats going on down there. park the car over a flat cardboard box over night and see if there is any leaks or spills in the morning. if not start the car and let it tick over for 10 mins then reverse off the cardboard and have a look again.