Not only smoke but it has a burning smell to it. If it's the turbo, then I'll have to bite the bullet and replace it. Hoping it's not the ringlands on the piston. I did a compression test a few months back and all looked fine. Sponsor me for a rotated setup for sale on here!!! Now now now!!!!
check the banjo bolt on the feed line, will have to get underneath the car to see the return line. If no leaks there then time to break out the card and cash.
It looks like white steam, not thick. I can't tell, just noticed it this morning while driving to work. When I got to work, it smelled burnt...really bad. Smelled like burnt oil smell. I'll look at it when I have time today...Hopefully before the sun goes down.
white in exhaust = coolant, though it'll smell more like burning anti-freeze than burning oil hopefully the motor's not shot. Do a leak down test (not compression), it'll confirm
Its hard to describe, but it is certainly a distinct smell. Its sorta like if you burnt a glass of lemonade or gatorade even...I dont know :rofl:
then I would check all your hose connections, if you see any chalky discolration on the hoses then you may have a leak.
yeah it will evap and leave a white, yellow or light green chalky color on the hose usually around the clamp or in a bend of the hose. quite common this time of year, I've seen countless hood rats with hoods up around here the past week.
Place some cardboard beneath the car tonight to see if you have a constant leak. I had a leak previously and it was the lower hose clamp. It was something like a pin hole leak that only surfaced when the system was pressurized.
Ok, so I checked it this morning. No leaks or white chaulky substance around the oil and radiator lines going to the turbo. The only thing I could find were some heavy oil buildup and dirt around the turbo inlet pipe meets and were the red factory elbow is. It's also leaking from the factory oil cooler where they oil filter is. Not sure if that would cause it to smoke or smell like it's burning but it's fresh small drips of oil from there.
im hoping you figure it out because im having the same issue. mine started after a turbo inlet install and it was a few hours after. i noticed some oil sitting on the inlet of the turbo and some in the factory turbo inlet that i took off. i dont see the smoke very often but its happened 2 or 3 times in the past few weeks. ive heard so many different theories. its def white smoke and its not a lot but its pretty steady. im going to take off the heat shield this weekend and check it out.
Check if there's a kink in return line..it will cause oil to leak out of turbo seals (smoke from turbo) and white smoke from exhaust.
The seal from the oil pump or what have you could be leaking as well. IIRC, my step-mom just had that replaced on her 92x. Have you been under the car? You could have a torn CV or something similar that's slung grease onto a hot area, ie the downpipe, and its burning off.
I do have a little bit of grease on the passenger side outer cv axle but I haven't lifted that side yet. I'll have to try it tonight. It only smokes and burns when I drive it hard. Thanks guys. Will keep you updated on this.
iirc, there's no seal, you just use fuji-bond between the pump and block. That said, it could have corroded out, though I'm not sure how. Are you sure it's the oil cooler and not the oil filter? I had a sensor mounted there that leaked before, and if that's leaking on the exhaust manifold, that's going to smoke / stink...though not white in color.
I had WRXKing inspect a while back and he mentioned I had a dent in the oilcooler where the oil filter goes on. Was close to $400 to replace...I said to the service lady, "I'll live with it for now".
The rubber hose that drains the condensation from the AC is next to the DP. Mine made contact w/ the DP and made a horrible burning smell and wisps of smoke.
don't cut that tube, it will easily fall back into the fire wall and have the potential of water getting to the ECU. Yet another good reason to wrap the down pipe.
won't help. My DP was wrapped and the same thing still happened to me. I didn't realize it until it was already burned off, so mine only sticks out about an inch from the firewall. fwiw, i've never had an issue (or known anyone to have an issue) with condensation coming back through that hole
Cohen's was to short, had slipped back into the fire wall but all is good now. Noticed that the potential was there being that if using AC with no hose the condensation would run down by the ECU. Just an observation...
Alright, the real deal...Andy hooked me up. Def knows his stuff. Valve cover on the turbo side was leaking. Probably will get him to change the gasket and while he's there, do a leakdown test before installing any type of turbo kit.
cabin filter for the first part, and while doing the leak down put the bore scope to it just for curiosity sake.
Where do I rent one of those...they seem pretty pricey for just a couple times of use if you buy them. Anyone have one you want to lend? I'm guessing Andy at Killshot might have one once he does a leakdown test...IDK.