Smoke under the hood.

[seth98es]

I just bought a 1990 Eagle Talon TSi and just recently I have noticed a bit of smoke under the hood when the engine has warmed up. It smells like burnt oil. I just filled up the power steering fluid as I checked it today and it was low. I spilled a little bit on the side of the PS Steering bottle but not enough to make it smoke. The smoke seems to be coming from the front/center of the engine, under the turbo or something. Theres slight signs of oil around the valve cover gasket/timing belt cover, and looks like moisture on the underside of the hood on the heat cover. I took off the heat shield over the exhaust mani and theres no signs of burn oil or anything. The turbo spools and boosts fine. The engine is not overheating or anything either What/where coild this oil be burning? My friend has a lift, so I probably will degrease the engine bay and try to see exactly where the smoke is coming from. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[seth98es]

Could I have just overfilled the power steering resevoir? I wouldnt think it would cause smoke in the area it is smoking but the smoke didnt start till I put in the power steering fluid. Its not smoking horribly, just slightly.

 

[WhiteTsiAwd]

If there is oil around your valve cover then it might be leaking down to some part of the exhaust or something maybe, or you could have a bad O2 gasket or something and some smoke coming out of there.

 

[ericismyname]

that usually happens when the turbo is giving out. My car boosts fine all up and down the streetse, but the turbo is burning itself some oil.