blown turbo seals?

[boost addict]

so my sr's blowing blue smoke, i thought it might be the pcv system sucking oil into the intake cause i saw a little oil in there. so after i just changed my oil i cleaned out my catch can, intake and ic piping. went for a drive, came home and took it all out again to check. no oil in the can or intake piping but a good amount in the hotpipe and bov. turbo seals? i did search but just want a definitive answer.

EDITTTT I got the turbo back on after having it rebuilt, no more bluish smoke from burning oil or the smell. but now its just completely white, guessing its coolant but from where. hg? a little coolant was leaking from the coolant fitting from the block but i tightened it up and it stoped but coolant still drips underneath the car but i can find the leak. the temp gauge also keeps fluctuating up and down, never did that before since i took the turbo off to get rebuild, and it never burned coolant

[daryl337]

very well possible.

[jacobs13]

Look in the exhaust if you feel like taking that off, my downpipe had a bunch of oil in it when I had a blown seal

[boost addict]

is it possible to have just the compressor side seal broke? cause i had the turbo elbow off about a week ago but i dont remember that much oil. could it be the hg?

[statickx991]

yes that is possible. id say your seal is gone

[Marcus]

having the same problem. turbo is being rebuild now. same symptoms.

first thought it might be the valve seals or bad rings. so i was gonna do a compression check. havent got around to it yet because there was some oil in the Downpipe. took turbo off, found none in the manifold. immediately new it was the turbo.

[boost addict]

how much is the rebuild costing you? is it from garrett?

[Marcus]

how much is the rebuild costing you? is it from garrett?

no, i have a greddy 20g. oil cooled only.

greddy is charging me about $400

[daryl337]

could it be the hg?




Generally not burning oil. The coolant passages on the SR are closest to the combustion chamber, not the oil passages. Otherwise, you would be getting intermix.


how are compression numbers? Also, is the black smoke constant?

[boost addict]

i havnt checked comp yet, thats next after i get a tester. its not black smoke, its blueish and reeks of oil

[daryl337]

I should re-iterate and ask if the *blue* smoke is constant.

knowing if the vehicle is constantly spewing smoke, on start up only, or under certain load conditions helps us with the diagnosis over the internet, since we can't really run the tests for you

[Om1kron]

my turbo is peeing oil on my heatshield lol. Time for a rebuild.

[boost addict]

Yea from stops it does and underload it'll smokes up the whole street. Proly does when I'm driving normal to but since I'm moving i can't notice. I guess precision will rebuilt these things so I'm gonna take it there since there shopa like 20 min from my house

[boost addict]

So I just got the turbo out but it doesn't feel like there's any shaft play. At all

[Om1kron]

So I just got the turbo out but it doesn't feel like there's any shaft play. At all

doesn't matter if there isn't shaft play if the seals are fucked.

[DALAZ_68]

doesn't matter if there isn't shaft play if the seals are fucked.

thats ^

and now that its out, might as well rebuild or upgrade... :drama:

[boost addict]

Oh ok I figured there would, well I'm happy then cause I kinda wanted it to be the turbo. Ill be takin a trip to precisions shop today

[boost addict]

edited the op cause now im burning coolant after i got the turbo rebuilt. it never did this before..

[240sxdriftrat]

do you run water lines to the turbo?

[boost addict]

Yea there's lines from the block to the turbo