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MY GSX smokes ONLY "sometimes"???

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hippy

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Jan 18, 2004
chtown,
Sometimes whnei stop i can sit there for like 5 mins and idle and rev and not a puff of smoke will come out. Other times i sit for a minute and it smokes, then go for a drive and no more smoke at the next stop idling?? The only thing i noticed is my oil feed line goin to my turbo is laying on my o2 housing. So maby the oil in it is getting super hot i am goin to move it tommorow and we will see. The turbo is a t3 t4 sc61 trim! Not that old so seals should be good! Any one have any ideas on what this is. Car isnt lowering oil Leaks a couple of drops, but thats it. Any help would be great thanks! Motor is a jdm 6 bolt with very low kms!
 
hippy said:
Sometimes whnei stop i can sit there for like 5 mins and idle and rev and not a puff of smoke will come out. Other times i sit for a minute and it smokes, then go for a drive and no more smoke at the next stop idling?? The only thing i noticed is my oil feed line goin to my turbo is laying on my o2 housing. So maby the oil in it is getting super hot i am goin to move it tommorow and we will see. The turbo is a t3 t4 sc61 trim! Not that old so seals should be good! Any one have any ideas on what this is. Car isnt lowering oil Leaks a couple of drops, but thats it. Any help would be great thanks! Motor is a jdm 6 bolt with very low kms!

you clean the intercooler out to see if your blowing excess oil in there that will give you an idea of how much oil you are blowing in your intake system.other wise valve seals could be old mileage doesn't matter with valve seals they are rubber. color of smoke helps to white or blue or black.
 
Turbo might not be old but if you didn't take care of it, the seals could be gone already. So you're saying that when you boost and then idle you notice smoke, but no other time?
*edit* disregard.


Okay, I'll try again. Where are you smoking from? Exhaust or Engine bay? Is your car cold when is smokes? What color is the smoke? Have you checked for oil in your Lower Intercooler Pipe?
 
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