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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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Today driven around i looked in my passagener side mirror notice some blue smoke commin out of my exhaust , Parked up at home left it running on tickover . Blue smoke pooring out of it . ANY IDEAS GUYS ???? ive got decat pipe fitted , and just fitted baily dump valve . (dont know if that would do anythin to do it ??) cheers
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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Blue smoke is oil burning. It could be turbo seals, piston rings or numerous other things. How many miles has it covered?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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its only done 16k . the only good is that its an 04 plate so its still under warranty
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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Some people have found that their FRS becomes "smokey" when they fit a decat, due the the catalyst hiding the excessive smoke due to turbo oil seal failure!

If you are going to take it back to Ford as it is still under warranty, I would recomend that you re-fit your OEM Catalyst.

My local dealership, would not carry out any warranty work unless I brought the car to them in standard form!
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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ford have got it now but decat pipe is still on . hope they dont pick it up
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by GAFFA
ford have got it now but decat pipe is still on . hope they dont pick it up
I've seen a standard FRS with a Rod that was snapped clean in half, so guess anything can happen..

Probably turbo oil seal failure, worst case the piston rings..
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by GAFFA
ford have got it now but decat pipe is still on . hope they dont pick it up
What happend then?
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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ok Turbo was knackered Ford fixed it all done under warranty
They didnt even notice the decat pipe mint
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 03:38 AM
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they circled the problem from the factory :blub:
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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why is it a common problem ??
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