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Whats happened here then??
On the way to the rolling road day i had loads of oily smoke. knackered turbo seals?? Getting back home had a look on the outlet Apparantly not, but i did notice that my oil breather near the water pump had blown a pipe off. I know the smoke and oil are related but how and what can i do the clear the blockage
I doubt the crankcase breather is blocked, the pipe may have popped off due to excessive breathing - worn rings. That would cause heavy smoking.
Do a compression test and go from there. If the resulkts are fine could just be a duff turbo :)
Can you explain what you mean please excessivce breathng??
michael tierney
19-03-2011, 20:39
check rocker cover inside for cleanliness,if you've just rebilt it might be a bit early for a power run...must let the rings bed in otherwise excessive blow past(breathing probs)
Rings should be bedded in after the first few miles...if its smoking/breathing heavy it will be until kingdom come imo..
What i meant by excessive breathing is poor sealing rings, i.e not bedded in correctly or worn mate:(
Tony Walker
19-03-2011, 21:24
Compression test will clear up the ring issue, i dont think it was your rings as it was crystal clear for a fair while.
Alex mention somthing about a one way valve possible sticking open. Any help on that or thoughts, Cant quite remember what he said
Also im presiumiong everything was bedded in correctly as ive had the car for 6 months with no problems
My monies on the turbo Al - a relatively easy fix but quite costly :crap: If you've got access to a compression tester then cool, try that first to rule out the rings.
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