oh dear- need a new turbo?
21-12-2003, 06:40 AM
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oh dear- need a new turbo?
after i upped my boost to 17 psi i noticed it was smoking a lot in other drivers headlights under boosting( i wasnt racing honest lol) not that noticeable during the day just at night in lights.... anyhow took the boost hoses off and they were covered with old carbonised oil and there was fresh oil trickling quite freely out of my boost hoses 
take it this means my seals have gone on the turbo?
wheres the best place to get a cheap hybrid stage 3?
take it this means my seals have gone on the turbo?wheres the best place to get a cheap hybrid stage 3?
21-12-2003, 03:34 PM
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If the engine is on the whole standard then you may have been overboosting, standard engines can't really take 17psi for very long without them going pop!
21-12-2003, 05:27 PM
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anyhow took the boost hoses off and they were covered with old carbonised oil and there was fresh oil trickling quite freely out of my boost hoses take it this means my seals have gone on the turbo?
22-12-2003, 06:39 AM
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cant really see what colour the smoke is as i only notice it smoking at night? yeah the engine is totally standard apart from the chip.
but with my car being white its always covered in a thick layer of sut at the rear end a few days after ive washed it.
but with my car being white its always covered in a thick layer of sut at the rear end a few days after ive washed it.
22-12-2003, 08:38 PM
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i had oil in my boost pipes it was down to the valve stem seals been shaged had them chaged and the hoses and now clean as a 14yr old boys mind 
might be why your getting a bit of smoke out the back to.that boost is a little high if you have set it yourself chap get it to a tuner you could be running very lean when flat out if you havent adjusted the fueling to 
might be why your getting a bit of smoke out the back to.that boost is a little high if you have set it yourself chap get it to a tuner you could be running very lean when flat out if you havent adjusted the fueling to
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