Tricky-Ricky Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Following on from my "Oh bother" thread, i thought i would add some more info and also ask for peoples opinions and experiences. As i said in the original thread, i returned from a spirited run to find that there was a small amount of smoke on idle, next day a started from cold, and got no smoke at all until the engine was up to normal temp, blipping the throttle gave a little more smoke, (we are still not talking lots of smoke here but its enough for me) Anyway i took it for a drive with a mate following and found that it smoked on the over run, and just going back on the throttle after coast/engine braking, but not on boost or normal cruse. Now the first thing i did was to check for oil in the throttle body as oil mist Will tend to accumulate due to less turbulence, and found none, so next i checked plugs, no signs of oil burning, so then i did a compression test and found that all cylinders where very good 200psi with a max of 8psi difference between cylinders. Today i made up a heath Robinson leak down tester (courtesy of John A) and the results where also very good with no detectable difference between cylinders, with a reading of 16% which i mainly put down to having 10mt of hose between the two gauges:innocent: didn't have the right connectors! So my conclusion is the turbo exhaust side seals, but i would just like to see if you would agree or offer some other possibility or experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Hi mate - following on from my thread - if you sit in the car and slip it into reverse, holding it on the brake (ie. not moving) do you get the same result after about 5 seconds (ie. smoke - white)? Just sounds so similar to my problem thats all!! And are you losing coolant / oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Mine just smokes on hot idle and under engine braking/going back on the throttle, i haven't tried it as you describe, but i suspect it would, but i do know that mine is oil smoke by the smell, not using any oil that i know of or water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 More comments appreciated:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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