Coil pack question
- Thread starter cam9457
- Start date
Ok I'll give it a shot tomorrow and let you know how I make out. Thanks again I really appreciate the help
Ok will do, hope that's all it is
robzombie
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2012
I hope it's something simple and cheap.
Check for oil in the intake tract and if there isn't any oil residue it is getting into the exhaust through the seal in the turbo.
Last edited:
I'll let you know tomorrow, got my fingers crossed
Before you buy a new turbo, do a free check and pull the down pipe and exhaust elbow. Inspect the turbine housing and exhaust housing for oil. If it is wet with oil, your seal is bad. The turbo will need to be replaced or rebuilt.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've always associated oil burning with a black/blueish color smoke, spent a lot of time working on diesel trucks....this smoke is white and puffy, can oil getting burned up produce the white smoke in these cars?
Usually, if it's a head gasket, you'll know in seconds. If you let it sit for hours, you're not really gaining any new information. 1 PSI drop is great for sitting that long.
Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk
I know what you're sayin on the color of the smoke. Yes - bluish = oil, white = head gasket, black = rich. But if it's burning a lot of oil it can be hard to tell. When my stock turbo seal was bad, I wasn't convinced it was the turbo until I did a leak-down test. With minimal pressure drop, I went to the next likely candidate and checked for oil in the downpipe and turbine housing and found my problem. At that point, I quit worrying about rings and valve seals.
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2003
holdingcoolant pressure does not rule out a headgasket ..it just means the coolant isnt the source of smoke as gasket is holding at the coolant ports , have seen many head gaskets that have failed and not breached the coolant ports or broken a fire ring . if the gasket fails toward the valley it can pull in oil .
do a compression test
do a compression test
robzombie
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2012
Pull the exh. housing first. No oil present in housing move on to the compression test. If all are within 10% of same reading then you will have to look elsewhere.
Do those two things and report back instead of asking more what ifs.
If you have no coolant loss from the rad and have been checking it then oil is the culprit.
Do what the last two people have said and you will likely find the problem.
Do those two things and report back instead of asking more what ifs.
If you have no coolant loss from the rad and have been checking it then oil is the culprit.
Do what the last two people have said and you will likely find the problem.
