Bymp
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- Oct 22, 2010
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Chattanooga,
Tennessee
I have a stock 2G turbo, after the transmission went out, I went all out on the car and am finally bringing her up to date on all of her doctor appointments.
In the process I notice that I was smoking now at idle. I recently added a new 3inch exhaust full from turbo down, with a test pipe installed. The smoke goes away while driving. I do have oil coming out the tip of my exhaust that is noticeable. My guess is a blown oil seal on the turbo.
Does it sound like I'm guessing right so far?
Another problem I've developed nearly at the same time is a knock when I'm accelerating from a dead stop on a warm engine. I only do this while accelerating initially. After this point, I don't get another knock unless I stop again. Can the knock be due to the blown turbo? If I have a blown turbo?
Last question, I ordered a Glowshift Vacuum + Boost gauge, up to 30 PSI. Installed it tonight while waiting for my new turbo to get here. (Went ahead and upgraded to a 14B just incase I did have a blown turbo). When I installed the boost gauge earlier, I started the car, and I'm reading 20 psi Vacuum?!? Not Boost. Is this normal? I T-connected the boost gauge just like this image:
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Did I do something wrong? Can a blown oil seal in a turbo cause it to be at a Vacuum? I have not tried to drive the car around, this was all at idle.
Thanks,
Joe
In the process I notice that I was smoking now at idle. I recently added a new 3inch exhaust full from turbo down, with a test pipe installed. The smoke goes away while driving. I do have oil coming out the tip of my exhaust that is noticeable. My guess is a blown oil seal on the turbo.
Does it sound like I'm guessing right so far?
Another problem I've developed nearly at the same time is a knock when I'm accelerating from a dead stop on a warm engine. I only do this while accelerating initially. After this point, I don't get another knock unless I stop again. Can the knock be due to the blown turbo? If I have a blown turbo?
Last question, I ordered a Glowshift Vacuum + Boost gauge, up to 30 PSI. Installed it tonight while waiting for my new turbo to get here. (Went ahead and upgraded to a 14B just incase I did have a blown turbo). When I installed the boost gauge earlier, I started the car, and I'm reading 20 psi Vacuum?!? Not Boost. Is this normal? I T-connected the boost gauge just like this image:
~~ Image ~~
Did I do something wrong? Can a blown oil seal in a turbo cause it to be at a Vacuum? I have not tried to drive the car around, this was all at idle.
Thanks,
Joe