forgedscooby

Hi guys i had an oil feed pipe leak on my turbo, not knowing it was leaking, i was driving my car a week at least until i noticed, i replaced the pipe and now am getting smoke from my exhaust, its white smoke on idle and blue on boost...what is this problem indicating...

is my turbo on its way?

i gave it an oil and oil filter change, also filled it up on v - power putting in redex also and its still occurring. I have been told when i had the leak its maybe dried out my turbo and maybe damaged the seals or shaft, can't say until i remove my turbo, by the way i'm running a VF37 Twin Scroll.

do i need to replace the turbo?

appreciate if you guys can give your input. Thanks

forgedscooby

also to add i have oil in my exhaust and its still wet

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

sounds like the seals might have gone mate how much oil is in the tail pipe mate?

forgedscooby

hmm well there is a bit cos iv been a pillak driving it about to work not havin a choice

im purchasing a replacement turbo tomorrow hopefully, i just wanted a few inputs on my question just to reassure me its the turbo.

thanks for you comment mate.

The Zohan

Might be just oil collected in the exhaust a little oil goes a long way burning off!

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

+1 paul,oil that has gone down the exhaust can take along long time to burn off depending on the mile's done per trip and heat tranfered into the exhaust.
I've had afew car's through my workshop that have had turbo or engine failure and put oil down the exhaust and there still smoking abit 200 miles later

forgedscooby

appreciate the concern, i have been told the oil can take a long time to clear up, but would you recommend to change the turbo, because its also not performing the same, maybe the seals have been damaged.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

how bad was the leak you had mate?

forgedscooby

it was just dripping from the pipe onto the turbo, slowly don't know how long it was there before i noticed mate

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Well if the smoke isn't getting any better and the performance has dropped then it does sound like the turbo might have gone but with out seeing it,its only guess work mate