Constant white smoke, losing oil, changed turbo.

[freshlane]

While driving at highway speeds my car started smoking from the exhaust. It was a even white color. It was a large amount of smoke

Things I noticed to help troubleshoot:
- Car did not start over heating. Temps stayed at 210deg
- Car was losing oil, puddle of oil whenever I parked my car
- Oil inside the intercooler piping.
- Replaced turbo last night. Still doing the same thing

Can anybody help me out? This is my daily driver. I do not know what could cause this

 

[Dennis_McCain]

While driving at highway speeds my car started smoking from the exhaust. It was a even white color. It was a large amount of smoke

Things I noticed to help troubleshoot:
- Car did not start over heating. Temps stayed at 210deg
- Car was losing oil, puddle of oil whenever I parked my car
- Oil inside the intercooler piping.
- Replaced turbo last night. Still doing the same thing

Can anybody help me out? This is my daily driver. I do not know what could cause this

On a norm, bluish smoke is your turbo. White is coolant!

 

[1slo1g]

this couldbe trouble and it could be easy check your heater core hoses on the fire wall my buddys car had on split and it would pour coolant all over the exhaust as for the oil put the car on some jacks clean the under carriage. put car back on the ground start it and rev it a lil bit , look for oil if any put back on jacks and look where its coming from. If no oil take around block and get on it to build a lil load park it look for oil.

and a side note if any oil or water in intercooler when under boost it will particulize and go into the motor clean that intercooler out real good you can use gas or alcohol

 

[freshlane]

I did clean the intercooler with gas. I do not have the heater core connected. I looped the lines. Also, there was also oil inside the UICP. I searched the forum and it seems I may have a valve seal problem. I have had valve seals go bad befored but it was never this bad.

 

[dirtygermankid]

Your problem is much bigger than a valve seal problem.

Valve seals will smoke a BIT at start up, and you'll slowly lose oil over time..

This sounds like you're burning coolant. Do a compression check on your motor (and if you can get a hold of a coolant pressure tester.. see if you can find any leaks from your headgasket) and see what the readings are. I'm leaning towards you have a blown headgasket.

The oil in your intake could be caused just by blowby from a worn engine. Worn piston rings will force air into the head of the motor, which pushes oil through all of the PCV and air passages in the valve cover.. a way to help a little bit is to put an oil catch can on your car.

White = coolant
grey/blue = oil

You can smell the coolant as it burns through your exhaust too.. how's the level in your radiator look?

 

[freshlane]

That's the thing that is freaking me out. The car will driive fine and holds boost still. Wouldn't a blow head gasket cause over heating as well as milky oil and/or brown coolant? Also, is there anyway to check the pcv system?

ps. the exhaust smells nothing like coolant.

 

[1slo1g]

i wonder it it is a light blue ALMOST white smoke. if thats what it is i could be bad rings you said only at highway speeds is that highway speeds under full boost or highway cruise out of boost? the puddle of oil could be a totaly different problem then the burning oil. check compression see what that looks like

 

[v01dy]

i've had this problem too, but I do have bad valve seals. Just couple weeks back I was smoking to high heaven and losing a lot of oil (i had to replenish 2 quarts in 3k miles) and then once I changed my oil again it was fine. So i think what might have happened is prob those idiots who did my oil change put in oil that was less dense than what I'm suppoesd to get, and that coupled with the bad seals might have caused crazy amounts of oil to leak through.

Although you mentioned you leave a puddle of oil wherever you park, so it might be that your oil lines are punctured and somehow the oil get into the exhaust?

I'm not techie just a fiddler so take my 2 cents with a lot of salt.

 

[freshlane]

i've had this problem too, but I do have bad valve seals. Just couple weeks back I was smoking to high heaven and losing a lot of oil (i had to replenish 2 quarts in 3k miles)

Same thing was happening to me also.

 

[freshlane]

It was a blown headgasket. Going to build bigger and better. Will keep you guys updtd