SR20 redtop smoking at idle only

[mackdaddy240]

The smoke I have isnt really blue its pretty white but I'm not loosing coolant, and the smoke smells a little like oil smoke. I believe my turbo has been going for a while now I hear a slight tick coming from the manifold area at idle. Lately it started to smoke after driving for a while and then coming to a stop.... Drive through at mcdonalds they gotta be hating me by now. It will smoke for 10-30 secs then stop. If I let it sit there idleing for a few minutes it will do it again then stop. I figured it was turbo seal finally going but I went to the drag strip this weekend and after I got back problem solved no more smoke at idle. Its been a few days and it still hasnt smoked yet. Any idea??

[180fan]

Check your elbows around your turbo for oil.

[mackdaddy240]

yeah I'm going to open up the intake pipe going to the intercooler to see if there is oil in it tomorow.

[s13_drftone]

check for leaks in your oil line going into your turbo!!!!!

[mackdaddy240]

No leaks...... no oil in the turbo pipes.....I guess the smoke wasnt coming from the turbo at all... not exactly a good thing cause I dont know where it came from or why it stopped, but its not losing oil or coolant... I'm hoping it was just a build up of stuff since it sat for so long.. but then again after I swapped it I drove probably 4 months before it started to smoke guess I'll just drive it till somthing else happens, lol.