smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

ok, my car is smoking white smoke,

and a friend of mine said that it maybe because of my resistor box which i may have connected wrong !

is that possible ? iam using an vafc with 450cc injectors as management ...

runing rich would cause a blue smoke rite ?

iam confused

another thing if you guys could help me ....

i connected my 4 black wires to 4 yellow wires , but iam left with one red wire from the resistor box
where the hell should i connect that ?

i read that if i connect that red wire to any one of the yellow wires it should do the job , is that true ?

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

which one is it BLUE or WHITE ??

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

nevermind i cant read.

there is 8 YELLOW/BLACK wires
4 go to and 4 come from the ECU
4 BLACK wires go to the 4injector wires(going to the injectors)and the red one goes to the other 4injector wires(going to the ECU)

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

its blowing WHITE smoke at the moment dude

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

smoke:
blue-oil
black-rich
white-coolant

no, that wouldnt make your car smoke white, you sure it's white?

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

white=headgasket most likely, get some real engine management, its free...

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

ok , if its my head gasket , shouldnt my coolent levels drop ? as it doesnt .
and shouldnt i have some sort of bubbling if i open my engine cap ?

ive got oil in my intercooler pipes, bov, exhasut and on the tip of the turbo intake.

iam really really confused if its my turbo or head gasket if someone can honestly tell me
ill go do it 1st thing !!!

my car only smokes under boost.
ive got a restrictor , my oil return line is goos aswell,
and no ive not done a compression test yet , but wot do u think it is ???

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

YOUR TURBO IS F U C K E D U P ! ! !

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

sounds llike your turbo seals are fucked! thats a whole lot better then blow by though. does your car run ok? if so why would you think it would be an injector. and your car should be blowing blue smoke

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

yeh that true , if it was the injectors it wouldve been blue ,

but theres no shaft play with my turbo , it looks really good, could i still blow
my turbo seals with out fuking up my shaft ?

and which seals r u talking about ? the piston seals or the compressor ?
basiclly your saying i need a new turbo right ! hahah

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

I had a Blown HG for about 2 months. Coolant NEVER went down. I leak just enough to make it smoke the odd time and overheat every once in a blue moon.

Replaced the HG, No more problems.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

turbo seals. rebuild turbo

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

OK SO I STILL DONT KNOW IF ITS MY TURBO OR HG ?

LOL, WHICH ONE IS IT ?

btw iam another turbo , i cant be fucked with rebuilting it ,

but iam still not sure if i should get a new HG ...

wot do u guys think ?

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

do both and get some ARP head studs and you’ll be set.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

It sure sounds like turbo seals to me, I can't think of why a BHG would cause oil to leak all into your chargepiping, etc.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

u should take a picture of the smoke ;D then we can help a little better

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

a video works best ;)

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

The reason we can't tell you what the problem is is because you don't know what color your smoke is. White is coolant!! If it's not white then it's not coolant, simple.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

If it is blown around an oil passage, cylinder pressure leaks into the crankcase, if he doesn't have a proper PCV system, and not assuming, but a lot of Newbs over look this, oil is then forced into the intake tract by the PCV System.

Yes, I've seen it happen!

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

Very interesting! Thanks for the insight, learn something new everyday.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

I had a problem similar to this, it ended up being the oil drain tube not allowing proper flow back to the pan. And it smoked. Fixed it and it was fine.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

8 wires on a resistor box :l

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

OK If the smoke is BLUE i would look at either rebuilding your turbo with some new seals,(Shaft wont play if you have bad seals) or setup a slashcut catchcan system. <make sure your oil feed/drain lines are perfect. If the Smoke is white i would recomend a new HG. anyway you look at it, it shouldnt be over a 100$ fix. Oh by the way if its Positve chage blowby take a look at your CR and your spark plugs, if your pcv system is out of wack you should be loosing compression due to ring failure and your plugs will be oil fowled. i hope this helps.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

lol...........not on the resistor box.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

im with him....HG it is

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

thanks for all your feedback !!!!!!!!!!!

basiclly , ive bought a new headgasket and iam going to replace that and see wot happenes
if the car still smokes then ill rebuilt the turbo . and btw , iam gona go for a compression test
what sorta figers should i be expecting ??

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

so yea, alot of misinformation in here..

oil burning can also be white.. it is largely determined by where it is burnt..

My turbo was burning oil b/c of a bad turbine shaft seal, it would billow white smoke after a hard run, replaced it, no more smoke..

drop oil on a 800 deg F metal pipe and I bet the smoke is white.. similarly with my issue I had, the oil was being burnt, not during the combustion process.. it was white, looked like a horrible HG problem, it was not.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

yeh the smoke is WHITE...

IAM NOT SURE TO REBUILT THE TURBO 1ST OR REPLACE THE HEADGASKET 1ST ??

because people are saying its my turbo and then others are saying its my HG ..

wot do u think ?

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

start with the cheapest/easiest..

IMO, its not your headgasket.. if its smoking white enough to be visible in your rear view then you should be losing coolant very fast and overheating..

rebuild the turbo, and do it yourself to save some money, all turbos are balanced(usually turbine and compressor wheel seperately) from the factory so just index (mark) the compressor wheel and the turbine shaft so you know how to line it back up when you reassemble..

the rest is really cake.. you don't even need a DIY to go by, just start taking it apart, its really pretty obvious.. be sure to use assembly lube when you replace the bearings..

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

see this is why i thought its not my headgasket !

because, why would i have oil in my intercooler pipes ? and oil in my exhaust system ?

but if my seals wheres blown on my turbo , wouldnt the car be smoking 24/7 ? as in not only in boost,

coz at the moment the car only smokes in boost.

another thing if u guys could help me answer ... would be

if my ringlands were fuked, wouldnt i have some sort of foam under my oil cap ?

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

Dude, you arent going to know what is causing you to blow white smoke without performing a leak down test IMO.

Its the only sure way to know.

You could take the turbo off and see if its throwing coolant into the exhaust tract.

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

HG is easy and can't hurt. I suspecting your turbo is a Junkyard/Ebay turbo like most guys on here and they are not worth the rebuild.

To let you know when I had the slight leak I spoke about earlier the only time I spoke was Idling, not on pulls, and my compression was all with is spec and basicall even across the board.

Replace the HG, Toss in some ARP head stud for the hell of it at the same time and it might fix your problem, if not, you know at least you have some ARPs so no head lifting, and of you built the motor you got them, and and anew HG so that's Xed of you list!

FYI I had oil in my Pipes, Not much but a bit. A Old turbo is going to spit a little!!! It's a given!!

Re: smoking because of my resistor box ??
 

well its FINNALLLY FIXEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD !!! :)

it was my turbo.

the piston seal was blown, which was causing it to smoke !!!!

now it runs beautifully !!!

btw eres a lil video i made .. enjoy

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/w...00824BB831.htm