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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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my engine is pouring blue smoke out the exhaust and losing oil at a very rapid rate, i have had new head gaskets put in and heads skimmed and have only done about 50 miles when this problem started, i thought it was maybee the turbo but i put another one on but no change......any ideas????
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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Piston rings??
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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is there any way of testing this before i rip the engine apart again?
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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Personally if its burning that much oil that its visible and you've allready changed the turbo it could be piston related. Drop the plugs out and do a compression test before you do anything else, That will give an indication if it's a piston or ring problem.

how many miles had the bottom end covered prior to the headgaskets being replaced ?
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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ok i will try that, the bottom end was replaced about 3000 miles ago. the sump would be dry of oil in about 1 minuite i think with the speed it goes down the dipstick
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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deff piston rings.

I broke one like that. Guy bought a turbo from me thinking it was knackered, fitted, no change.

I bought it and stripped it. Sides on the piston were missing. It was almost square and had scored the bore something rotten
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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what would the cause of that be scooby parts? intrested in buying the whole car? iam sick of it now
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 01:38 AM
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Wat year is it
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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its a 1994
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 08:31 AM
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Strange as the car Im talking about also came from Shetland?

Have you been running the car on normal UL? Or get the injectors flow tested.

Have you been running mods on the car without getting it mapped?
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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well i bought the car and have done no mods to it but it was superchipped at a local garage and wasnt mapped so i dont think its done the engine any good, what car was it you got from shetland? i would probably know it
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