help turbo smoking!!!!!!!!

ok so ive been driving around all day hanging out with friends all day before i move so i went down a few gravel roads and drive ways and hit my exhaust a few times but no problems until my gf wanted some ice cream at 4am(thank you p.m.s) anyways i get to the gas station and i notice smoke coming out of the scoop and i open the hood to find my turbo is smoking and it smells like oil or rubber smell smells more like rubber but i couldnt tell and i couldnt tell exactly where on the turbo it was from but it looked like it was on the lower side.... so i drove really slow home and now no smoke when i let it idle in the garage so im baffled as to what it could be

 

oil burning?

 

or that =)

 

i remember all the awesome help and response from the gas station :squint:

 

i have the same thing going on. i have decatur subaru keeping an eye on it, but we think the turbo is actually leaking. the oil runs off the turbo onto the exhaust and burns off. so i have no oil in my garage. you just reminded me i need to bring it in to have them look at it again. it really only does it with the AC kickin' or at an auto-x. it does freak you out a little, though. if you're under warranty still have subaru clean off the inside of the heatshield and watch for any spatter coming from the turbo. bring it back after 1000 miles or so.

 

Didnt they close?

 

well i have 158000 miles i do have the heat shield and i dont think its my power steering because it still works fine i can replace the turbo with a td04 for 125 dollars and what else would i need like gaskets or lines?

 

it looks like that on the let side of the engine bay.

 

Check the oil line to the turbo, you're "o" ring might be spent. This may cause intermittent weaping of oil.

 

My guess is the condensation hose for teh ac, mine did the same thing smelled electrical because of the rubbah

 

did they? when? i was there a little over month ago. sign's are still up. Steve (forgot his last name) the old shop manager from SOG was who i was working with. didn't mean to thread-jack btw.

 

well then... I don't even know what to say about that.... i wonder if SOG has the info/records on what they were keeping an eye on. that blows, i hate leaving the perimeter!

 

i got tired of having turbo related problems so i got a td04 for booroo and just finished earlier tonight and no more smoke after it burnt off all the coolant off from where we swapped it drove around for an 30 minutes or so then got on it several times and no smoke and it fells like it did when i bought it heck id almost say better

 

glad to hear u got it in