Chris_k Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hi guys I've had smoke coming out of my exhaust for a while now and want to get it sorted. I'm unsure if its turbo seals or stem oil seals or even something else. I get blue smoke on start up and if I'm sat on idle and pull off then I get smoke come out. Even if I sit at traffic lights for ten seconds and pull off I get smoke. Any advice would be great. Rough price would also be good if people had same problem. Or anyone on the site knows how to fix a price would be good. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_k Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 As far as I'm aware no smoke on boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bailey Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Blue smoke on start up with most likely be valve stem oil seals - To have them done it will cost around £1000 including labour. Blue smoke when pulling off might be turbo seals not 100% sure though and not sure how much it will cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbt Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hi guys I've had smoke coming out of my exhaust for a while now and want to get it sorted. I'm unsure if its turbo seals or stem oil seals or even something else. I get blue smoke on start up and if I'm sat on idle and pull off then I get smoke come out. Even if I sit at traffic lights for ten seconds and pull off I get smoke. Any advice would be great. Rough price would also be good if people had same problem. Or anyone on the site knows how to fix a price would be good. Thanks, Chris Blue smoke on start up is valve stem oil seals which can also give you your second symptom but only until car is warm - if your still getting blue smoke even when warm on pull away then this could be turbo seals. Valve stem seals done by a garage are around a grand to fix - turbo seals need to be done as part of refurb which can also be expensive - suggest get VS seals done first and see if this cures the other symptom. There have been plenty of other threads about this so may be worth you using search button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_k Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thanks guys, anyone had this done got a price? What they paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 If you want to attempt the valve stem seals yourself then use the rope method..http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?49859-How-To-Valve-Stem-Seal-Replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thanks guys, anyone had this done got a price? What they paid. Blue smoke on start up with most likely be valve stem oil seals - To have them done it will cost around £1000 including labour. Blue smoke when pulling off might be turbo seals not 100% sure though and not sure how much it will cost. Hopefully you're confident with a spanner and can do it yourself for a third of the price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I used the compressed air method and was done inside a day but that was with 2 of us doing it for the first time. Unless your pretty confident with the spanners i'd say suffer the cost and pay a pro to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_k Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Thanks for the advise everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_k Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Wanted to add something which makes me think different. I get a bit of oil comming through bov and bit through some boost pipes. Would this mean turbo seals rarther than stem oil seals?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 A little bit of oil through the BOV is pretty normal I think mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 If you can get the car to Chris Wilson it will be much less than a grand! Well it was when he quoted me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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