Will my fricken' luck ever change?

[Swifty1638]

I babied it home..I'm not ready to go out and take that chance..when something goes wrong on my car, I DO NOT beat on it in any way till I know what the issue is and it's fixed.

-A. Swift

[scheides]

ready for that 16g now? ;)

Sucks dude. Hope you get it figured out.

[FattyBoomBatty]

check the spark plugs for oil, do a compression test, maybe find someone to lend you a turbo that is known good and fits. If it was my car, those are the tests I would perform, if I could get ahold of another turbo.,

[blackrosenova400]

Keep it simple, your best bet, pull your turbo and manifold. Oil in the exhaust runners, engine, otherwise its the turbo.

[JET]

Look on the bright side, the thread is now living up to the title! :lol:

Compression and leak down test is the first thing you should do. That will let you know if there is any serious damage to the engine. After that I would start looking at the turbo.

[MustGoFaster]

For in/out shaft play, none is normal. Most turbo's you can't feel it. If it is anything near side to side shaft play, it's fucked.

[Chukee_R]

I think I blew it up..turbo atleast. I dunno.

Was on my way to my rents for dinner, did a quick lil single gear pull..didn't even rev it all the way out, and it started to smoke. Blue smoke. Ever since..driving is ok, but as soon as you let off the gas and decel/vac then it smokes pretty decently. Also, when going from a stop, if you give it and kinda gas..nothing serious, but some it will smoke. regular driving, is ok no smoke seen in my mirrors. But, vac. it smokes. My exhaust is coated on the inside too of oil. Smelt of oil. I dunno if the turbo seals are blown. I know it was just sent in to PTE like a year ago for the fins all messed up, and I got a new CHRA. So, why it's blown is beyond me. I tried pulling the intake off, and it has slight shaftplay up and down, and I can't tell if any in/out. I also don't really know for sure what is considered "normal". But, do these symptoms sound like a blown turbo seal, or something more serious?

-A. Swift

I've got the same problem, however we think some of my valve seals may be bad. This started for me on Saturday. :\ We've already done compression testing, the results were normal, so it doesn't appear to be a problem with the rings. However when we were pulling plugs, cylinder 4 had a substantial amount of smoke coming out of the spark plug hole.

The exhaust manifold is going to get pulled this week to verify it's not the turbo. I have my fingers crossed that it's the seals since those can be done without pulling the head and it's only $30 for a new set of valve seals.

GL man!

[Swifty1638]

Well, I went and checked again, and i'm not feeling a ton of play on the turbo :( I dunno what it is anymore. I don't have a compressor for a leakdown tester, even though I got the leakdown tester in the garage. I'll do a compression check tomorrow when I get off work I guess, but arg.

-A. Swift

[Kracka]

That sucks Swifty. Hopefully you can diagnose and fix it quickly and without having to spend too much more money.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Yes, that is the key there. Little to no money to fix.

Good luck, it was cool to read about awd burnouts.