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Old 28-04-2010, 02:30 PM
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when driving and give it abit of boost i lift off and then back on a little and then loads of blue smoke out the exhaust, could this be the turbo seels. cheers.
Old 28-04-2010, 02:53 PM
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i did think stemseals but i thought if it was them it would only smoke for a little bit when its cold.
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sounds like turbo seals one of my old s2 was doing that poss stem seals as well stem seals are very cheap on ebay
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Turbo or rings, stem seals would smoke like mad from cold and if really gone some smoke all the time.
Do a comp test to eliminate rings then get your turbo rebuilt as it's more likely that
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ive also noticed my temps have been sitting high even when driving normal.
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