How to tell if its Turbo seals or piston rings ?
#1
How to tell if its Turbo seals or piston rings ?
Not my car :-)
A friends, fitted with front mount, oil in the tubing, (some was around maf inside ) seaps out of silicone joints, uses engine oil , smokes out of the exhaust , hard to tell colour as tinted rear window so when driving cant tell, at idle, more cloudy smoke.
not had this issue myself so never looked into it and wondered ( without taking turbo or engine apart ) any tests to try before venturing down recon turbo etc
cheers
A friends, fitted with front mount, oil in the tubing, (some was around maf inside ) seaps out of silicone joints, uses engine oil , smokes out of the exhaust , hard to tell colour as tinted rear window so when driving cant tell, at idle, more cloudy smoke.
not had this issue myself so never looked into it and wondered ( without taking turbo or engine apart ) any tests to try before venturing down recon turbo etc
cheers
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I'd be checking for play in the shaft for the turbo. If it was rings, how would the oil get to the intercooler pipework, through the breathers i guess. I'd be looking for a compression tester after checking the turbo.
I had knackered rings on my car this year and was only noticeable once the engine was HOT. On lift off it was spitting out smoke and BIG flames. Fun for a while but not ideal lol It only every did this after a few laps at knockhill. Never managed it on the road.
I had knackered rings on my car this year and was only noticeable once the engine was HOT. On lift off it was spitting out smoke and BIG flames. Fun for a while but not ideal lol It only every did this after a few laps at knockhill. Never managed it on the road.
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cheers for the info, im 90% sure its the turbo seals , as you say, only way the oil could be getting into the intercooler pipes is breathers yet it seems too much for that, about a litre or 2 has been used to top up the engine oil level in about 3 months and the seapage around the silicone joints of the intercooler piping is like pure engine oil
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