Is it normal for smoking when turbo installed?
 

Guys installing my turbo(used)
Had to remove up pipe downpipe and put in.
I started the car and there was smoke from underneath
Dont know if it could be join between turbo and up pipe/downpipe or if it is something else or normal.
There was a little oil(i think) underneath as well.

Any ideas
I did spill a lot of coolant down through the engine
Im scraed to start it untill I get advice

cheers lads!:luxhello:

Coolant will smoke for ages, as will any oil deposits. Just wipe off what you can and let the rest burn off.

cheers mate, im scared i have done something wrong but when i start the engine it sounds ok.
not sure if the tiny puddle of oil was just due to the install
Cheers
Anybody else comment please
Any important areas to monitor?
Can u knacker your engine if engine started with no revs and turbo installed wrong?

Its normal after a turbo instal due to the spilt coolant and oil moniter it over a few drives

Thanks guys!!!
Need to double check all connections tomorrow

If it was going to smoke, would it likely to be smoking from turbo area?

Yes, as that's the hottest part ! ;)

and wouldnt any WD40 or whatever you used smoke for abit too?

I did use that wd40 mate as well thanks!!
Ill give it another spin over today!!
Cheers, i just needed reassurance.......you know what its like when you go DIY!

Mine after the new turbo was fitted:

http://www.zen16541.zen.co.uk/sti_smoke.jpg


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mine smoked for a little bit when i had the decat downpipe done, its was just burning oil and didnt last that long

Ha thats the exact same!!!
Right well managed to get rid of smoke from engine bay.
BUT....discovered a leak of oil underneath the car.
Tightened all hoses and still had the issue.
Nothing for it but stripping turbo off again.........ahhhhh
Discovered the oil outlet hose was not fastened properly.im gonna put a mini gasket on it tomorrow as well.
All came about as the td05 outlet hose was too short to meet the rubber pipe so swapped it round with the td04 one........and let my mate to tighten it!! tool!! lol
Anyways hopefully tomorrow all will be good and then its injectors and spark plugs.

Guys sorted the oil leak
let it tick over for 15 mins and no problems and no smoke
Drove it up the road and the bay was smoking quite a lot(clear smoke)
Let it cool down
Does this sound normal?

Im scared its a head gasket or something

oh a removed 02 sensor completly from up pipe and put blank on up pipe.
removed 02 sensor wire as well

anybody......please im freaking out!! lol

HELP PLEASE!!!

Mine was doing that today after I picked it up from the garage. They'd replaced my cambelt with a different brand as the previous one was noisy. They always remove the rad in the garage I use for the cambelt and they aren't the tidiest when it comes to refilling the coolant. Three times it's been in, three times it's smoked when it's come out. Oil temps and pressures are fine and water temps and fan cut-in is spot on. My smoke was identical to the earlier picture and the smell of the smoke gets right down your throat.

Yeah mate my temps never moved either on dash.
Just that when i got up the road and it almost smelt like a burning rubber smell if you know what i mean.
Smoked for ten minutes after a 6 minute journey.
I took heat deflection wrap off the coolant pipe going into turbo, hoefully it isnt a pipe burning.
Hope that makes sense.

How long should smoking last for

The smell of burning oil/coolant is not far off burning rubber, after all rubber is an oil product. It will keep smoking after as the fluid is still there and the engine is still hot. When I fitted my oil gauges I didn't tighten up the t-piece and it pissed oil all over the block. I whipped the intercooler off and cleaned up as much as I could, but it smoked for weeks after that.

If was a catastrophic leak you'd know about it, I've had a radiator let go on me before now

cheers mate
You know that way that i bought the turbo second hand and you know that way you over worry that it might be knackered.
Strange thing was it didnt smoke with that smell untill i actually drove the car after having the engine running for 10 mins.
Is there any way the engine could get damaged if the turbo was faulty?

If the oils seals are shot it'll burn a bit of oil, but you'll see the smoke out of the exhaust. Unless the compressors or blades disintegrate and go through your engine I would imagine you will be fine.

As for not smoking to start with, until the engine heats up there's nothing to make the fluids evaporate, so until it warms up you won't get any smoke. I don't get it until the first roundabout after I've left the garage, it's fine for the first mile or so, and then it's clear on the next run.

cheers mate, ill take it a run tomorrow and see how it goes cheers

Took it a run there no smoke!! woo hoo
What is the pipe from the turbo that faces directly down the way on clips onto a rubber hose.......it was a nightmare to put on!!!

Without getting in and checking, it'll probably be the oil feed for cooling the turbo.:confused: And it's too cold to go and do that now but looking at the diagram on the parts catalogue it looks about right. The narrow ones coming over the top are the wastegate/solenoid vacuum hoses, but they are easy to do and you shouldn't have had to take them off at the turbo.

why did you do this???

you need the o2 sensor for emissions and air/fuel mix

I have one in my down pipe still

I just removed the one from the up pipe as I have heard from sources that when running high boost there is a possibility the 02 sensor can crumble and that means trouble.

Please correct me if im wrong guys though

Thanks for all the comments people!:notworthy :notworthy

The one in the up-pipe is the exhaust gas temperature sensor. You have have 2 O2 sensors, one in the downpipe, and one near (can't remember if it's before or after) the rear CAT. As long as you have sorted the Map for removing the EGT (or fitted the frig - a resistor but not sure of the exact details) you'll be fine, no CEL.

I removed sensor from up pipe and put a decat up pipe on with blank.......this the wrong thing to do people.........opinions would be fantastic