Car got F'd in the A

[jibberishballr]

I was driving down the highway and all of a sudden i feel like i have no power and cant get past like 80......then all of a sudden a giant cloud of smoke...HUGE. I pull over after filling the highway with clouds of white smoke. I pop the hood and hear a weird rattling. Also it looks like a little oil might have come out of the oil cap. I had to get the car towed home. So what do you guys think? PLEASE HELP!!!

 

[Mitsubishified]

I know this may sound stupid but what color was the smoke? Black, grey, white? The color of the smoke can indicate whether the turbo is blown, headgasket is blown, rings are no good in motor ect ect... However after you remember what color the smoke was do a search to see what the problem is as well as post what you saw. Sorry i couldn't help out more man,
Luke

 

[Newlogics]

I was driving down the highway and all of a sudden i feel like i have no power and cant get past like 80......then all of a sudden a giant cloud of smoke...HUGE. I pull over after filling the highway with clouds of white smoke. I pop the hood and hear a weird rattling. Also it looks like a little oil might have come out of the oil cap. I had to get the car towed home. So what do you guys think? PLEASE HELP!!!

Symptoms you have described suggest that you may have blown a piston. Can't say much more untill you inspect the car and provide more details like compression and physical damage.

 

[jibberishballr]

Symptoms you have described suggest that you may have blown a piston. Can't say much more untill you inspect the car and provide more details like compression and physical damage.

Well i did a compression test id say about a week ago and got really high scores (all over 170) and ive had this oil problem which is weird. Also this isnt the first time ive had smoke come out before. Its definitlye WHITE Smoke and it made a RATTLING sound in the engine bay. The Car would smoke when i accelerated even at idle. Before it was only smoking under boost.

 

[patty AT forge]

Sounds like a piston to me. Check for coolant in your oil and perform another comp test. If you can't get to a comp tester a quick ghetto way to check for a blown piston is to pull the inj. plugs and the CAS and turn the car over, if the rhythm is off you probably have a cracked ring land or a hole in a piston. Check the plugs for oil... or water. the rattle makes me think it isn't the headgasket... or maybe the gasket and something else.

 

[1YLOTLN]

My brother had the same problem check you shaftplay.

 

[JayRolla]

I would say a piston is gone too, if the turbo went out the car should still beable to go over 80 right? My buddys turbo went bad, he lost power but the car still would be drivable.

 

[BigPoppaDeve]

i had a similar problem but it turned out to only be my head gasket

 

[spyderturbo007]

White smoke indicates burning coolant. I would start with a compression test and then move to a leakdown test if necessary.

 

[jibberishballr]

Well i had just checked for shaftplay and there was none. Also i had checked for oil or water on my plugs and there was none. Im having my mechanic look at it today.

 

[jibberishballr]

Well i just talked to my mechanic and he told me it was my turbo, not a headgasket, piston, etc. My EVO III is in the mail and should be here soon.

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

With the turbo having no play though it shouldn't be blown. I've never came across one that was blown with no shaft play.

 

[jibberishballr]

Well it makes sense with all the oil problems and perfect compression, but i thought it would be the gasket. I was planning on gettin the EVO III anyways so this works out. Also he checked everything else and said it was all good so the turbos the last thing it could be.

 

[diablos991]

With the turbo having no play though it shouldn't be blown. I've never came across one that was blown with no shaft play.

I have heard of seals going out and leaking crap into the exhaust without causing shaftplay.

 

[jibberishballr]

I have heard of seals going out and leaking crap into the exhaust without causing shaftplay.

Thats what i was thinking too...So gettin all new gaskets and a turbo would fix this right....Unless youre talking about Valve Stem Seals!?!?

 

[diablos991]

Thats what i was thinking too...So gettin all new gaskets and a turbo would fix this right....Unless youre talking about Valve Stem Seals!?!?

I was talking about the seals inside of the turbo. You would still need a rebuild to fix it. I am guessing that your mechanic has already checked your Valve Stem Seals when he diagnosed your car.

EDIT: I can promise that Valve Stem Seals will never cause a turbo to have shaft-play. Due to the fact that they are in the head.

 

[jibberishballr]

I was talking about the seals inside of the turbo. You would still need a rebuild to fix it. I am guessing that your mechanic has already checked your Valve Stem Seals when he diagnosed your car.

EDIT: I can promise that Valve Stem Seals will never cause a turbo to have shaft-play. Due to the fact that they are in the head.

Durrrrrr...my fault.......yea the seals in the turbo...stupid me...The mechanic was saying that. Thats what someone else originally told me too. MY EVO III will be here in a week or so. I cant wait!!! Man was it scary when a giant cloud of white smoke filled the highway. I dont think the Corvette behind me appreciated!

 

[VtecvrsTurbo]

Durrrrrr...my fault.......yea the seals in the turbo...stupid me...The mechanic was saying that. Thats what someone else originally told me too. MY EVO III will be here in a week or so. I cant wait!!! Man was it scary when a giant cloud of white smoke filled the highway. I dont think the Corvette behind me appreciated!

I hope your machanic is right because last time I checked oil DID NOT burn white.

 

[diablos991]

I hope your machanic is right because last time I checked oil DID NOT burn white.

Oil burned in the combustion chamber burns blue. But put some oil on a hot exhaust manifold and see what color it burns. Often times, if a turbo is dumping oil into the exhaust system it will burn whitish-gray.

 

[jibberishballr]

You guys are start to worry me......Im pretty sure its the turbo. I mean with high compression scores you would think it would be the turbo anyways.

 

[diablos991]

Valve stem seals will not affect compression.

 

[jibberishballr]

Valve stem seals will not affect compression.

And the only way to know if its the Valve Stem Seals is a leakdown test?

Oh also the mechanic said he was sure it was turbo seals. Also he said the intake tube was sucking in and collapsing instead of getting stiffer like its supposed to.

 

[diablos991]

The only other way I know of diagnosing the valve stem seals is to take off the exhaust manifold and look at the valves to see if there is oil on them. If there is another way I would be very interested to hear as I am diagnosing a problem that is suspect to the valve stem seals right now. That is weird about your intake tube. How did he witness this?

 

[jibberishballr]

The only other way I know of diagnosing the valve stem seals is to take off the exhaust manifold and look at the valves to see if there is oil on them. If there is another way I would be very interested to hear as I am diagnosing a problem that is suspect to the valve stem seals right now. That is weird about your intake tube. How did he witness this?

He said when he gave it throttle at all it would suck in. Im goin to take the manifold off and check the valves right now.