just been out in the garage trying to sort the RS, after a day of fiddling it started, but smokes a tad from under the turbo, dont have time to get underr itbut curious as to what the smoke could be, i was thinking it was maybe old oil in turbo as it has been started in so long or maybe starter motor

 

Can you see any oil drops on the floor (directly under the turbo) ?

 

loose bolt letting exhaust gas out?

 

as per AJ is the turbo leaking oil onto the downpipe?

will get a fair bit of smoke tho, and it will stink

 

possible leak in the oil return pipe ????

 

no oil drips etc, will check all the bolts and oil return in a while,

 

could be oil return pipe split which is always common

does it doe it on tickover or when u drive

if driving could be oil pressure switch leaking onto exhaust

 

only on tickover as i havnt driven it yet, as its been standing for soooo long i need to check the brakes etc, The oil return could be possible as i had great trouble finding an oil return pipe to fit as its a cossie T3 and the oil return woulndn't fit, so have bodged an oil return, so will make sure thats the first thing i check

 

well ive just fitted a cosy t3 to my cabs but put it inside ethe erst exhaust housing

i just used the standard rst t3 metal pipe and rubber hose no probs

 

Agree with this...will be pissing white smoke as exahust gets hotter if it is.

 

dont tell me that, i bought a specially made adapater to get it tto fit the manifold/zorst etc,

 

well alss i used was the compressor hosuing and the middle section where the water pipes and oil feed go on

as its a t3 the cosy turbo fits into the rst ex housing so i didnt need to modify my exhaust as alls i could get hold of at the time was a cosy one and i knew i could fit it

everything from the escort turbo bolted straight on

just had to move the comp housing round a bit