Smoking and oil drop
03-17-2003, 05:10 PM
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Smoking and oil drop
I just recently installed my 14b turbo on my 93 civic, the engine was rebuilt a year ago, i havent yet put the charge pipes on because i am waiting for my fmu, but the turbo, oil lines, coolant lines and downpipe are hooked up. So i am basically blowing all the boost in the engine bay. Now heres the thing when i took it for a test drive i noticed smoke coming from under the hood (it was night) i then found out it was the paint i used to paint the manifold with, it was burning off. So i figured thats all it was so today when i was driving around town i noticed smoke behind me when i would start off and it would blow by me when i stopped. This got me worried cause the same thing was happening last summer when my oil seal rings on the pistons went. I can rev the car out and it doesnt seem to smoke but when it idles it does. I also noticed some black oil dripping from the turbo, its not coming from either of the oil fittings either. I checked the oil in my engine and it is clean not even close to black. I noticed some bubbles on the dipstick though and the same thing under the oil cap
ANyways this is making me worried almost enought to take the whole things off. Any help i can get would be great.
Thanks
ANyways this is making me worried almost enought to take the whole things off. Any help i can get would be great.Thanks
03-17-2003, 05:23 PM
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Re:Smoking and oil drop
Sounds like the turbo is blowing a little bit of oil past the exhaust seal, and burning it up.
Btw, its not the best idea to be driving around with no charge pipes hooked up, you can easily ---- your turbo up by overreving it.
Jeff
Btw, its not the best idea to be driving around with no charge pipes hooked up, you can easily ---- your turbo up by overreving it.
Jeff
03-17-2003, 10:57 PM
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Re:Smoking and oil drop
Originally Posted by coppercivic
What would happen if i disconnected the oil line to the turbo?
You would kill the turbo pretty quick without oil.. probably less than a couple of seconds. Btw, without chargepipes on, that turbo is spinning like CRAZY under full throttle. I would be careful dude.
03-17-2003, 11:02 PM
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Re:Smoking and oil drop
Yup, definatly sounds like you over reved the turbo, the center section is pretty much ---- now, its going to need a full rebuild..
do a search, somebody posted a link awhile back to a 14b rebuild kit.
No oil line? it probably would last longer than 5 mins.
Good luck,
Jeff
do a search, somebody posted a link awhile back to a 14b rebuild kit.
No oil line? it probably would last longer than 5 mins.
Good luck,
Jeff
03-19-2003, 01:49 AM
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Re:Smoking and oil drop
I took my turbo apart today and there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the oil seals, the compressor o-ring was dry and cracked up when i took it off but other than that and oil all over i couldnt find anything wrong. I also realised that my oil return line was a little high probably only an inch lower than the turbo, could the oil have backed up and created pressure forcing the oil out the seals Also does anyone know how much a rebuild kit is?
Thanks
Also does anyone know how much a rebuild kit is?Thanks
