Turbo Blowing White Smoke?
Hey guys,
I rebuilt my 1.8 in April 2014 with the help of zipstips and duffbuster Manely rods OEM Pistons ALC race bearings Fel-Pro Head Gasket ARP Head studs ID 1000cc injectors AEM EMS Drove it around for a few oil changes, and then took it to the dyno at the vette doctors in long island. Turbo Blewup on the dyno.. I got a Gpop rebuild kit for the turbo and reinstalled the turbo yesterday (9-3-14). The turbo is a ebay T2 28/25 turbo, with a -10an return line and a -3an feed line. I welded shut the feed fitting and drilled a small hole to "rig" a oil restrictor since i couldnt find they made one. My problem now is that the car still blows white smoke. I did a compression test and it was pretty even across at 180psi.What do I do now? Did the piston rings not set yet? Is just leftover amounts of oil in the IC or the exhaust? Im not losing coolant or running hot, and its a new head gasket.. So im just confused at this point. Any input would be appericated!! |
Are you sure it's the turbo? What does the smoke smell like? To me white usually means coolant.
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I dont know for sure, but the turbo had a lot of shaft play and the car rolled white smoke like diesel trucks with black smoke, just to give an idea.The smoke smells like burned oil to me. But with good compression, new head gasket, and no signs of any coolant loss, what else can I look for?
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Do you have coolant going to the turbo?
I might be mistaken but I thought that bearing type turbos don't use a restrictor... Could it be you starved the turbo when you did the dyno tune and now you need another rebuild? Just thinking out loud. |
I do have coolant going to the turbo. When I first noticed the car smoking, I did some research and I found a site that said -2 lines dont need to be restricted but -3 did. It seemed to help for a little while until I did 3 dyno pulls.
Edit: Journal bearing turbo disco potato knock off |
Ive always heard - 3 you dont need a restrictor and -4 you may
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I just pulled the air filter off the turbo and I have a ton of oil in it and the charge pipe to the IC, if I take me "restrictor" out won't it make too much oil pressure and ruin my turbo again?
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Could it have gotten there from your valve over breather? Mine is plumbed in just after the air filter. Could a failing PCV do it? Just trying to figure out the cheap possibilities first.
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Off the head, I have the 2 lines going to a catch can and then the catch can has a breather filter. How would the PCV effect anything? Sorry if this is a noob response haha
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Originally Posted by shredheads666
(Post 1164114)
I just pulled the air filter off the turbo and I have a ton of oil in it and the charge pipe to the IC, if I take me "restrictor" out won't it make too much oil pressure and ruin my turbo again?
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Well I ended up buying 18psi's gt2560 turbo. Really hoping this solves my issue. In the mean time i have to take my intercooler off and clean out all the oil. Ill give updates once the turbo is installed. On a side note anyone want a china turbo for cheap? haha
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Originally Posted by shredheads666
(Post 1165168)
Well I ended up buying 18psi's gt2560 turbo. Really hoping this solves my issue. In the mean time i have to take my intercooler off and clean out all the oil. Ill give updates once the turbo is installed. On a side note anyone want a china turbo for cheap? haha
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I've read multiple times in the past that a failing turbo CAN cause white smoke. Basically when the oil is burnt up in the combustion chamber it is blue, but when it burns at a lower temperature being pushed past the turbo seals directly into the downpipe, it will not fully combust and burn off white
Report back and let us know how it goes with the new turbo! |
My guess is I rebuilt it wrong?I used this write up
HOW TO: Rebuild a T25/T28 Turbo - SR20 Forum Oil is definitely passing through the turbo seals. Jmuse its China rep of a disco potato gt25/28 maybe used for 5k-7k hard miles. I was able to make 220whp. |
had this problem with a chinacharger. the restrictor it came with was actually too big. Did the rivet in the oil line trick (was using -4 AN lines, but had a restrictor that wasn't enough) and all is well
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I wish the trick worked for me! Either way, upgrading the turbo was a plan I had for the future. Im curious to see how a real turbo is going to work for me, updates soon!
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Originally Posted by Fireindc
(Post 1165177)
I've read multiple times in the past that a failing turbo CAN cause white smoke. Basically when the oil is burnt up in the combustion chamber it is blue, but when it burns at a lower temperature being pushed past the turbo seals directly into the downpipe, it will not fully combust and burn off white
Report back and let us know how it goes with the new turbo! So oil smoke can be white, as was mentioned early in this thread. |
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https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411060195
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411060195 Heres some pictures to give an idea how much oil is going by the turbo. You'd swear i was changing my oil when i removed the piping haha |
wow
make sure to thoroughly wash that all out before you bolt it all together |
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