new to site got problem with car

[jjmc98]

i have a 98 gst and i baught a full exhaust sytem turbo back and ever since that day my car throws out a good amount of smoke whiteish smoke... i took it to a local shop and he does very good work and said it was most likly my turbo, so after some time i had my turbo rebuilt and put back in.... he said smoking would reduce in about a month...a month goes by and i see no improvments.... now he says he needs to run a compression leak test to see if it is the piston rings and i will probly need a new engine now, is that what it seems or what? just wanted to get some imput from people with the dsm's...thank you

 

[reduceallpain]

well.. my turbo is bad and it blows out a lot of dark gray/black smoke... I think your engine is shot

 

[McFox]

White smoke. Solid white or is it grey or blueish white?

White smoke tends to be a coolant/water leak.

A compression test would be good in this situation.