So heres the deal. I was driving my car from Indiana to Wisconsin when it started to overheat. I checked the coolant and it seemed low so I filled it up. Still struggled to keep it cool so I decided to pull over and noticed a ton of white smoke. Thats where it all started.
I checked the oil, its not milky
I checked the spark plugs, they are dry
Found a crack in the radiator, so I replaced that, after I started it up, it was still smoking like a freight train and running bad.
I decided to replace the turbo. I replaced it with a vf39 from an STI (I was told they were more reliable) and when I did the change over, the turbine from the old turbine was laying on my cat :surprise:... anyway, did my best to clean the cat. Replaced all gaskets and installed the new turbo. Filled up with fluids, started it up, and within a minute it smoked out my entire neighborhood. There is oil dripping out from the exhaust flange where the cat connects to the exhaust. Im losing a ton of oil, and Im pretty sure its all coming out through the exhaust. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! Coolant system seems to be working properly now and has pressure.
Is it at all possible that you connected the oil feed banjo bolt to the coolant line banjo fitting? I think that would be contaminating the coolant though. I don't think that you can anyway. What about the oil feed return? Is that properly connected? Is it tight? That could be dumping oil on the downpipe plange and buring up.
Strange case.
BTW, what do you mean...the turbine was lying on the cat....you mean the shaft was broken and the fan was in 2 pieces...lying on the cat? Explain that a bit more...and what did you do besides clean out the cat....that's all on the back end. If the thing broke in half...then what happened to the little bits that got sucked thru the intake and into the motor. What did the intercooler look like?
Oil is actually in the exhaust so I don't think its the oil return, but I can look! And the fan was laying on top of the cat when we pulled it out. I cleaned the cat using engine degreaser and brake cleaner and it seemed to get pretty clean. We also drained all of the oil and everything so I'm hoping that not to many pieces sucked into the motor. Im assuming that if there were pieces in the motor, it wouldn't run right now.. but not sure.
Intercooler seems healthy.
Is it possible that the turbo is leaking oil through? Wouldn't it have to be to let oil into the exhaust?
I mean...oil in the intake? trying to figure out if the smoking of from the oil or something else. Gotta figure out where the oil is coming from. If lubricating oil at the turbo is getting...or if it is being sucked in the intake. If there is oil in the intercooler or the throttle body inlet hose...it could be being burnt.
If iut is lubrication oil from the turbo..that's bad. Come to think of it..its all bad. You should pull the up-pipe and down-pipe...turbo at that point...and see what is going on...IMPO.
Im sure that the smoke is from the oil, its that white/blue color and smells like it. I know that oil is leaking out of the exhaust but idk where the rest of it is going. I filled it with oil, and check it after I ran it for a bit and the dip stick was bone dry, then i put 2 quarts in and its barely showing on the stick. I can definitely take off the intercooler and make sure that is fine, i can do that tomorrow.
How would I check the lubricating side of the oil to make sure its functioning properly.
I just had all of that off and didn't really see anything that stuck out to me, not sure if i just missed something?
Is it possible that my up-pipe (with a cat) is destroyed and causing all these issues? Not sure if this is possibility but at this point I've narrowed it down to:
Turbo (which would suck cuz I just changed it)
An oil line (possibly kinked, gonna look when I get the chance)
Clocked uppipe
Ok...I am just waxing here. Is it possible the up-pipe is clogged. If so, would that create enough back pressure to push oil past piston rings, dunno.
When I mean the lubrication oil, I mean turbo. So it would be part of the feed line coming from the head, the dreaded banjo bolt filter. It runs to another banjo fitting on the turbo. BTW...banjo filter.
You know about that nasty sucker right? There is one on the driver side in front of the AVCS sensor. Poor oil maintenance for the motor leads to these little things causing all kinds of havoc.
I think you need to revisit how much damage may have been done to your motor when you found the compressor blade lying on the catalyst in the down pipe. I think you got nasty bits sucked into your motor and d either the water jacket or the oil passages are compromised. Think massive internal head gasket....
Dunno, I am just waxing on that note too. But no one else is jumping in to help. I think there is missing information.
Thanks for jumping in, Id totally agree about missing information! haha I'm totally at a loss. Im gonna check the up pipe, banjo bolt, and oil lubrication this week. Thanks again for jumping in. Super helpful!
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