turbo blow by

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frosted flakes
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when i am racing sometimes and left off the gas...HUGE amounts of smoke come out of my tail pipe...pure white smoke....i checked my IC piping it has TONS of oil in it and my intercooler bottom has oil in the bottom...is my turbo going out?


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white is coolantblack is fuel blue is oil

your turbo sounds like its about done, but the white smoke seems like another problem alltogether.

frosted flakes
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hmm i dont know why it would be burning coolant its not running hot or ne thing...i think its just the oil in the intake system thats making it smoke like that...

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check your coolant level to be sure, every now and then oil burns different colors, but white is usually coolant.

frosted flakes
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nope coolant levels the same as 6-months ago i check once a week...its defintly just burning that oil... dont know why it would be blue either..

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It's prob burnt oil from your turbo. I remember when my stock turbo too a shyt on me in my talon. It was like a spy hunter smoke screen it sucked .


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