I wonder if anyone can give me some advice on my car??

Just recently it has started smoking especially when you start it up from cold, the smoke is white and smells of oil, once it is warm the smoke seems to go although it still smokes on idle as you pull up say at a junction, if you give it some stick smoke comes out of the passenger side bonnet vent, after opening the bonnet it appears to be the turbo where the smoke is coming from. The exhaust is black inside and there are traces of oil, also the oil pressure reads 10-15 on tick over and 35-45 when driving.
Any ideas?? please..

CheeRS in advance

 

It sounds like either your turbo is on its way out or your rings are worn. Don't know about the smoke coming from the bonnet vent though.

 

If the turbo was going you'd be getting blue smoke.

If its white smoke your head gasket has had it, which would also be shown by your low oil pressure

 

CheeRS for the info. i think it may be turbo then as the smoke has been going blue today when i looked.

Dan

 

If the car smokes at idle, on overrun and when started first thing in a morning it could just be your valve stem oil seals, common problem and not expensive to replace. Basically the vacum created by the engine whilst the throttle is shut (ticking over/overrun) causes the thing to draw air in from anywhere it can and if that means pulling air through worn stem seals it will bring the oil with it into the combustion chamber. Also whilst the car is stood overnight the hot oil has time to seep past the seals to the top of the valves so the next time you start the engine it will burn it. Sounds like the oil is leaking onto the turbo, have a good look around mate.

 

I have thought it may be the stem seals as well, i have a brand new set it the garage so i think i will change them and see if that makes any difference!

Dan

 

it sounds like when ur car i running on low revs it is back fireing through the carb or if it is white smoke the gasket might of had it.

 

Have a feelin it may be the turbo, took it off this evening and here are some pics of the underside of it!



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any more news on the car Dans S2, ?

 

Mate just get new gaskets for it you may be lucky and thats all it needs