This is on my 2wd sapphire.


On start up and running at idle when I rev it, it smokes a fair bit (mainly blue but also slightly black).

My guess is that its the stem seals have gone. I am changing the head for a reconned one. The problem is I don't want to spend time doing this to find that its the turbo smoking!!

How can I tell at this early stage??

The turbo is a T34 which has abot 15,000miles and about 5 years old.

The engine has 111,000 miles on it and as far as I'm aware hasn't had a head rebuild.


I couldn't be a problem with the bottom end! Could it??



Thanks
Stew

 

Smoking @ idle.... Rings..

 

cheak the boost pipes from the turbo to cooler for oil

but as dean says , sounds like rings maybe even pistons, whats ya oil temp like

do a leak down test to see is its the stem seals too

 

Will do the above.


I have a spare bottom end which is wire rung. Do these wire rings need replacing if they have already been used??

Anybody know the rough cost of a standard bottom end rebuild?? Providing you do it yourself??

B19bal: I've got a couple of pics of your car from when I owned it. Keep meaning to post them up. Will have a look for them.

Thanks
Stew

 

if engine is cold, and it smokes on start up then its likely to be v.s.o.seals if it does it when the engines warm its likely to be rings etc, but thats not gauranteed either way but its quite likely to be that

 

oh yeah thought i recongnised ya name

whenya say ot smokes does it ploom out smoke when ya back off or when ya acclerate

 

will a compression test tell you if it's the rings?

 

Strut brace: Those leads did the job

Only really noticed the smoke from cold but it doesn't really clear itself after a few revs, which stem seals would?? Will check when it gets warm tomorrow (tomorrow will only be the second time I've taken it out on the road)

Retest for the MOT


STew

 

"will a compression test tell you if it's the rings?"

A leak down test should. Not sure how much the reading will rise by if everything is oK though?

 

B19 bal heres a couple of pics before the other wheels were fitted.

 

stew could be a few things main probs are rings valve guides and stem oil seals
i have never out of 29 cossies had a turbo go yet m8

 

thats great stu
aye ginge's car looked well there before he fookin wrecked it putting those shit wheels on

 

jesus, whats your secret???? ive had 4 turbo's go on 2 cozzy's in 2 1/2 yrs

 

i gotta get a piccy up of what it looks like now

notice the badges and castle stickers gone and now for a MSD sticker on it, oh and the fogs and gril are gone and meshed, full leathers,,,,,,,,,,,,,, infact its hard to beliove it looked like that

ya got the original version of the pics or them in abigger size

 

yeah show us the pics ginge not seen any for ages m8

 

ive not taken any for ages as ive used it 3 times since end of feb