Suspicious blue smoke :S

[kennyb]

Ok im a little woried and left wondering what was that this morning....

on my way to work in the leggy and hit a traffic jam car was up to running temp and it was very slow moving for 10 minutes....

when we started moving I look in my mirror and to my horror plumes of blue smoke!!!

so I tried to blow it out and put my foot down a little and it cleared within 10-15 secs!!!?!?! and clean as a whistle since?

Any ideas? Turbo on way out maybe? oil leaking into something somewhere?? its a strange one on me... but i've never had a twin turbo before so its all new :undecided
/thankyou

[Flix]

Could be valve stem seals.

[kennyb]

na its just not the same as valve stem seals.... fine in a morning and after work after its been sat....

[AlanDITD]

any excess oil in the boost piping?

[kennyb]

I will check this weekend.... first time I will have been into the boost pipe area ever....

so 'excess' would you mean that there should be some around or am I looking for more then a bit? I should think that there shouldn't be any really, is that right? ;-)

[AlanDITD]

I would expect some dependant on millage etc but some is pretty normall. Excess would be more than say a tea spoon collected in the joins or the dumpvalve for example.

Take one off and post a picture, im sure you will know what excess is when you see it. I find that if its excess it will be very runny as its being added to alot and on a regular basis, if its a slow build up it kinda gets a bit stickier.

Pics will help if your not sure.

[kennyb]

yep cool, as i thought, excess like a well aroused female :-D

im guessing turbo seals if this is the case?

[kennyb]

Hey flix...... 205gti ;-) good lad .. you sound like me ;-) Currently rebuilding my 1.9 NOS fitted 1989 Great fun .... number 5 she is

[ianturbo]

Burnley then eh, not far from me !!:chugchug:
ian

[kennyb]

accy ;-) know a few lads in accy... that go adelphi ;-)

Good doins, pleased to meet ya

Cain

[Davezj]

There are a few of us up here in the north west area

[psbarham]

old turbo seals I'm afraid, all that ticking over means the tub's are in vacuum for a long time so the seals weep slightly against the negative pressure which means oil gets into the intake but as the air is moving slowly at tickover the oil drops out of suspension until the air moves quick enough to pick the oil back up.

hope that makes sense

[PaddyB]

accy ;-) know a few lads in accy... that go adelphi ;-)

Good doins, pleased to meet ya

Cain

I once met a fella from Accy who was his own father. Or was it Os ??

[Nick Mann]

I agree with Paul. Find a long down hill section and engine break at reasonable speed all the way down - the car will smoke like a git by the bottom!

[chris g]

'...like a well aroused female...'

Now there's a good phrase to use here...?

[kennyb]

cheers.... I shall try the braking trick and let ya all know ;-).... looks like its banger time while a spend time sorting the leggy out :-/