Smoke on startup
#1
Smoke on startup
Right guys. This is an intermittent problem on this car. On startup both hot and cold sometimes it kicks out a single cloud of blue smoke. Seems
To be worse if it's a hot startup after say half hour of sitting while overnight not as bad. See video
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=8148ab54.mp4
Now the car is a blob wrx running a vf35 with supporting and mapped by Fb tuning. What I want to know is there anything I can do to trace the problem myself as it's insurance month so don't have money to waste. What are the odds on it been the turbo or more like bottom end?
To be worse if it's a hot startup after say half hour of sitting while overnight not as bad. See video
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=8148ab54.mp4
Now the car is a blob wrx running a vf35 with supporting and mapped by Fb tuning. What I want to know is there anything I can do to trace the problem myself as it's insurance month so don't have money to waste. What are the odds on it been the turbo or more like bottom end?
Last edited by birchy2010; 04 April 2011 at 01:22 PM.
#4
Right guys. This is an intermittent problem on this car. On startup both hot and cold sometimes it kicks out a single cloud of blue smoke. Seems
To be worse if it's a hot startup after say half hour of sitting while overnight not as bad. See video
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=8148ab54.mp4
Now the car is a blob wrx running a vf35 with supporting and mapped by Fb tuning. What I want to know is there anything I can do to trace the problem myself as it's insurance month so don't have money to waste. What are the odds on it been the turbo or more like bottom end?
To be worse if it's a hot startup after say half hour of sitting while overnight not as bad. See video
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=8148ab54.mp4
Now the car is a blob wrx running a vf35 with supporting and mapped by Fb tuning. What I want to know is there anything I can do to trace the problem myself as it's insurance month so don't have money to waste. What are the odds on it been the turbo or more like bottom end?
#5
I've seen 3-4 Imprezas smoking and it's always been turbos. Check the play on your turbo, usually it's quite big by the time you get smoke, but to be sure you'd have to pull off the turbo. The leakage is usually through the turbine seal so check on the exhaust side of the turbo for any oil. There might be some oil in the intake side but that's usually due to blow-by so nothing to be worried about.
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#8
As above.
I was getting a puff of smoke sat in traffic, but nothing under boost and boosting fine. Carried out the 5 min idle test and got a plume of blue / grey smoke when revved. Took the turbo off and found slight damage to the outer edges of turbo vanes. Great excuse for a bigger turbo....
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