Tom Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 My MKIII, not a UK 3.0 7M First time in months of starting and this; apeIR0T8FUE I had noticed it being smokey before but not anywhere near like this (think it was startup and revving in stationary before and I havent noticed it on boost), so is there any chance of narrowing down the cause at all just by this vid? I know turbo seals, perhaps low on compression or valve stems could be causes but I wondered if the way it smokes could lean towards one area over another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 head gasket? water getting in so it burns up and smokes? mite be worth checking..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 yeah there's a little white smoke but it's mostly blue, almost all blue I believe the white smoke is condensation on startup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I'd do a compression check for head gasket or check for oil in the water or vice verser. Then I'd say valvestem seals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 (edited) Is it manual? Sounds alright, maybe its turbo? As per above check your oil and water, may be the dreaded 7M head gasket Edited September 26, 2009 by Swampy442 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 (edited) Is it manual? Sounds alright, maybe its turbo? As per above check your oil and water, may be the dreaded 7M head gasket not a 7M as in first post it's 1G 2.0 TT manual too yep will check water today, pretty sure thats ok though, and I would a compression test but the plugs feel really bad to untighten, all of them seem like they're cross threaded Edited September 27, 2009 by Tom (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm pretty revving the tits off it won't be helping lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm pretty revving the tits off it won't be helping lol might not be helping but oil temp was up etc, only to 4k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 last time i had smoke and oil temp up.....my piston was about to melt....and it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) I'm going to do a compression test this week, any advice on removing plugs that are stupidly tight and seem cross threaded? Edited September 30, 2009 by Tom (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I hope its simple, I love that car Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 cheers , I really want to keep this engine in it as it's a bit different but if it's down on compression then a 1/2JZ is going in anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I'm going to do a compression test this week, any advice on removing plugs that are stupidly tight and seem cross threaded? You might have to just try them Tom and see if they shear off. If they do then the way I got them out of my ex's fiesta was to use a torx head and literally hammer a new thread with the torx bit into the existing plug thread and twist them out very slowly ensuring ceramic doesn't drop into the bores Hope it all works out for you Tom....thats a cool car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) Vid's down for the mo as a new one is going up, smoke has pretty much all cleared after a little run and I did a compression test too with good results (plugs all came out with no problem once engine was warm), Compression results were between 170-178 across the board so I think it's my turbo seals that have gone, of course it could still be valve stems but i'll find another set of turbos and see first Edited October 20, 2009 by Tom (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Vid's down for the mo as a new one is going up, smoke has pretty much all cleared after a little run and I did a compression test too with good results (plugs all came out with no problem once engine was warm), Compression results were between 170-178 across the board so I think it's my turbo seals that have gone, of course it could still be valve stems but i'll find another set of turbos and see first Good news mate, glad to hear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 take it for a run mate first.. my rvr jeep evo 2.0 turbo if left sitting for 2-3 months on start up will smoke for a bit till i cleared it up after a spirited drive and now there is no start up smoke even after stting for 1 week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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