White smoke coming from exhaust from my 300zx

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93NissanZTT
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Car: 1993 300zx TT

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I have a 1993 Nissan 300300zx twin turbo and when I stomp the gas it will blow white smoke. Any ideas of what it maybe? I'm new to the turbo world so bare with me


BlackWidowZ
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Car: Black 93 300zx 2+2

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burning oil? its the 1st thought that comes to mind when i see any car blowing smoke.

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nexus08
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Car: 1990 300ZX NA
Location: Holly Springs, NC

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White smoke normally means head gasket, blue oil, and black poor combustion. However, I think blue and white are hard to tell apart sometimes.

If it was a blown head gasket it would probably blow smoke all the time and a fair bit of it.

Sounds to me like under load some oil is getting past the rings. But that is a just a guess.

And I don't know anything about turbos so it may be something unique to turbos.


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