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BOV or turbo problems?

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river

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Jun 9, 2004
Anchorage, Alaska
Ok, guys, i have a 1995 Eclipse GSX and the only performance mods it has on it are; hard upper intercooler piping with a HKS SSQ BOV, and 2 1/2 cat back exhaust. the car has about 90,000 miles on it and seems to be running fine. however when i come out of hard acceleration, or sometimes any kind of moderate acceleration the car will let out a puff of white smoke. sometimes it is more than a puff though, its a cloud! i have the HKS SSQV on the car that vents to the atmosphere and i have heard that it may cause problems with puffs of white smoke, but could it be something this bad to where it causes clouds? or do you think it could be that the turbo seals are going bad and it is leaking coolant through? i dont think it is an oil leak through the block or head, or head gasket because it isnt constant and it doesnt always happen. also, wouldnt an oil leak be more of a darker color? this is a pure white smoke that is emmited. i just dont know if it is the BOV, a problem with my turbo, or something worse? any help or advice would be much appreciated here guys! thanks!
 
if it was the BOV making you rich i think it would be black smoke, and oil would be blue...i think :confused:
 
I dont think its the BOV. My car does the same thing, But i have my GReddy-S BOV routed back into the intake, and my friend has a GST with a stock BOV and it does it too.
 
My car gives a little smoke once and a while too when i'm hard on it. Mines only got 60,000 miles on it. And is well takin care of, no leaks, perfect compression, blah blah blah. But at the same time everybody that i know with a dsm, about 15 local cars, all smoke some kinda color. Not that this helps you really, but just to let you know that your not alone on this one
 
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