jem.qu44tro
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I'm totally stumped and wondering if anybody has a better idea than I do. I believe I have blown a turbo seal but I cant quite tell. The car first started heavy white smoke only under hard acceleration onto the highway. 4th gear pulling with a large white cloud. Pulled over and turned off the car. Figured blown head just assuming the worst at the time. Then drove the car about 20 minutes back to my house after letting it idle when I pulled off. Checked the oil level, coolant everything checked out. Basically had to drive the car 2 hours back to school since I had class the following morning. Took frequent breaks checking the oil and coolant with some on hand. The car did not overheat the whole drive back, and I did my best to stay out of boost and got minimal smoking only when under heavy load (in boost) . Jump to now, I am basically doing very short commutes in the car about 5 minutes each way, staying in vacuum not going into boost is my best bet as I can. I think by now id be able to rule out a headgasket being blown just from driving the car so far for so long. Basically in low boost it will not smoke, and my last test tonight makes me point to a turbo seal, pulled very hard in 2nd gear and it under boosted at about 7lbs Whiteish smoke with a blue tint. Is there anything else this could be? PCV? Burnt Valves? Piston Rings? Injectors?
Since 82k I have replaced, timing belt, water pump, Rollers, Thermostat, PCV Valve. The car drove fine for about 700 miles before this started happening. Any suggestion is appreciated
To add, I have done a compression test: cylinder, dry/wet
#1: 164/174 #2: 155/200 #3: 155/180 #4 156/170
Since 82k I have replaced, timing belt, water pump, Rollers, Thermostat, PCV Valve. The car drove fine for about 700 miles before this started happening. Any suggestion is appreciated
To add, I have done a compression test: cylinder, dry/wet
#1: 164/174 #2: 155/200 #3: 155/180 #4 156/170
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