blue smoke?
toolhead
03-26-2007, 03:02 PM
sorry to be asking all these questions but i keep finding stuff that a second opinion wouldnt hurt. anyway i noticed today that my car wasnt boosting like it was. in first gear it boosts fine but when i let off the gas at the end of the gear in wot and look behind me i see a puff of blue smoke then when im in second it will boost fine for the first half of the gear then it makes a weird noise and doesnt pull like it should. so i let off and another puff of blue smoke. so i was woundering what could the blue smoke be? i was thinking oil. but not knowing from were. and the second question is if the blue smoke could relate to the low boost? and i think thats all. so let me know what you think
ZRYDERVR4
03-26-2007, 03:17 PM
awhile ago there was a forum with the same problem i think it was oil that was make the blue smoke, like a oil leak leak in the turbos or something like that.
and idk about the boost tho
and idk about the boost tho
Polygon
03-26-2007, 03:20 PM
Blue smoke is burning oil. Check your turbos to make sure it isn't leaking from them.
vectorspecialist
03-26-2007, 03:33 PM
blue is oil, i had white smoke and still have it.
Polygon
03-26-2007, 03:37 PM
blue is oil, i had white smoke and still have it.
That would most likely be steam which is burning coolant.
That would most likely be steam which is burning coolant.
vectorspecialist
03-26-2007, 05:34 PM
that or i've also thought maybe it's water getting into the exhaust pipe's(sadly it sits outside) and as the exhaust heats up, its burning the water off
Linebckr49
03-26-2007, 06:52 PM
yes, blue is oil, white is coolant.
if your burning oil, it could be at any one of several places: turbos, valve stem seals (VSS), rings. most likely the VSS: the turbo cars have this problem around 120k miles. how many miles are on your car?
if your burning oil, it could be at any one of several places: turbos, valve stem seals (VSS), rings. most likely the VSS: the turbo cars have this problem around 120k miles. how many miles are on your car?
Igovert500
03-27-2007, 12:11 AM
yeah but the fact that he's blowing out oil when he shifts, and he isn't boosting all that well, are kinda hinting more towards turbos, not vss. VSS leaks would be more prevalent at start up. Not to say it's one or the other, frankly it could be all 3.
Best bet is to pressure test it and do a compression test. See where you're at.
Best bet is to pressure test it and do a compression test. See where you're at.
vectorspecialist
03-27-2007, 08:35 AM
does it smoke at all when u accelerate or just wen u shift
toolhead
03-27-2007, 09:12 PM
does it smoke at all when u accelerate or just wen u shift
it smokes when i accelerate to. but i noticed it when i was shifting
it smokes when i accelerate to. but i noticed it when i was shifting
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