Ok, when I first start my car, everything is cool. But when I start driving down the road and put a load on the car, my car smokes a very pretty pure white smoke for about 200 yards and then it stops, completely, even if the oil pressure is still looming around 70-75si. My oil pressure is about 75 psi ONLY when the car first starts and is cold, but normal oil temps (when the car gets warm after like 2-3 minutes of driving) is about 20-30 psi.

My question is why does the car smoke even when the car stays cold and at 70 psi when all I did was drive 200 yards? What can I do to stop it? its really annoying, especially in a parking lot full of students who don't need to choke everyday after school.

 

rofl.

look up the needle valve trick FAQ <-

 

Well I'm afraid I won't be getting adequate oil pressure when the car warms up... Give me a more detailed scoop here of how exactly this will work.

My pressures right now are:
Car just started: 75 psi
1 minute: 60 psi and going down
3-4 minutes: sits at 20 psi and goes up as I gas it.

 

You'll need a guage after the needle valve at the oil inlet line to the turbo. The turbo doesn't require as much pressure as the engine supplies, so I wouldn't worry about the varrying numbers your getting at idle/acceleration etc.

 

dood all the info you need is on here in the faq i believe.

 

I got the needle valve and $18 worth of fittings and whatnot.. and ---- the couplers have slightly different threads from what I need. So back to Lowe's tomorrow night, its a bitch trying to get the needle valve to have barbed ends.. the threads are fine on the needle valve but on all the barbed fittings at Lowe's they aren't.

I'll try a different hardware store. My oil pressure gauge isn't going to be after the needle valve tho... seems like I have quite the project on my hands.

 

you need to be really careful if you don't tap your oil press. gauge after the needle valve b/c you risk cutting off the supply to the turbo TOO much and frying the ******. I don't know why all you guys have problems, though. I run mine w/ a -3an and it don't smoke. Get yourself some mobil 1 15w-50 and that thick ---- wont go anywhere :P

good luck

 

you don't let your car warm up b4 driving??