Plug Pics. Bad Turbo Seals?

[diablos991]

I pulled my plugs over the weekend, and I found that they had a crusty black material on them and the tips were white. I have also been blowing smoke when under High boost and while shifting. The car still passes I.M. tests and doesn't smoke on idle or when revved high. It only happens when under boost. Could my turbo seals be going bad? I also notived oil in my intake and a bit of oil on the "lip" of the turbo where the intake attaches.

I would greatly appreciate help.

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[diablos991]

NOTE: It wont let me upload my other picture of the plugs. Its saying that I am over my attachment limit. Hopefully you get the idea by the one provided.

 

[iwannagofast89]

I'm having the exact same thing going on with my carand from what I read from searching no one had some of the same problems as me......so can someone answer thins

 

[nfernotalon]

Those plugs are crap for dsm's, get the regular NGK's gapped at .028

Also try running some seafoam through the BOV line, that seemed to help my smoking problem at WOT

 

[iwannagofast89]

well i dont have those plugs and Ive notices oil coming out with the tail pipe

 

[nfernotalon]

Oil out of your exhaust? wow.. that cant be good..have you checked for shaft play?

 

[iwannagofast89]

about 500 miles ago and there was none i was gonna do that again tomarrow but if theres none does that mean the turbo is still good???

 

[nfernotalon]

Yea it pretty much means it is good but it doesnt mean your seals arent bad..

 

[iwannagofast89]

ok how do i check the seals

 

[DSMunknown]

Shawnathan, why are you using those plugs in the first place? If you don't have then 10 bucks to spend, I'll send you a Hamilton.

When I completely blew my T25 it would smoke whenever the car was running. However, before the seals completely blew, someone noticed (while driving behind me) that there was excess smoke when I was boosting. However, I never noticed anything just walking around the car until I really blew the seals. If you start to notice that the oil is being consumed too fast (the oil level on the dipstick going down too fast) and you have no other oil leaks, then the snail is probably on its way out. Check your oil level every morning before you start the car up for about a week or two.

BTW, how's the PCV valve lookin'?

 

[TSITuner4Lyfe69]

just replace the turbo with a 16g and get it done and over with

 

[iwannagofast89]

Well I would buy for one I'm short on money right now and I'd rather keep this as reliable as possible and make my AWD fast

I had one of my friend behind me the other day when I got into boost and he called me and said smelled like somethine was burning but I dunno. I think I will just pull the car into the garage and put another turbo on since I already have a 14B just sitting in my tool box

 

[DSMunknown]

Holy crap, I just noticed this thing was dead.

 

[iwannagofast89]

Yeah well how do I check the pcv

 

[DSMunknown]

http://members.shaw.ca/dsm.1000q/Engineprimer/1G/pcv.htm

You can also clean your PCV valve with something like Gunk Engine Brite. You can find it at your local NAPA store. Also, look at post #181 in this thread to help you with the problem of your PCV valve sticking open.

 

[MrBoxx]

I'm 99.9% sure Shawno got his turbo problem fixed, and I'm also pretty sure I brought up the spark plug issue with him already.

Anyone with smoke coming out of their exhaust should check for shaft play, then do a compression/leakdown test.

 

[diablos991]

Whoa, this is one old thread. Kind of fun to look back on your old questions and realize how far you have come.

Shawnathan, why are you using those plugs in the first place? If you don't have then 10 bucks to spend, I'll send you a Hamilton.

Those are actually the stock plugs that came with the car that had 82k on them. I remember this because when I went to the dealer, the part number was the same and they tried to sell me more of those style of NGKs.

I then went to my local Autozone and bought the style better suited for the 4g63t.

Still; thanks again for reviving this thread so I could have the opportunity to look into my first month as a member of this community.

 

[DSMunknown]

Whoa, this is one old thread. Kind of fun to look back on your old questions and realize how far you have come.

...

Still; thanks again for reviving this thread so I could have the opportunity to look into my first month as a member of this community.

Sucks to be me then. I remember asking about installing Evo 3 & 8 OEM IMs back when I was a noob, and I'm still talking about them. I haven't changed at all.