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1G_DSM · 09-03-2010

I think its the turbo seal but I need feedback and opinions. I'm the type of person who gets really concerned when something is wrong with my car.

The car has been sitting for over a year, so the gas is bad. The smoke has just gotton worse as time went by. At first I thought maybe it was the valve stems because it would smoke and then go away like bad valve stems, but now maybe I think its the turbo seal? The old gas probably contributes to the problem too I think. I know when I first stored it for the winter when I first got it, and the gas got old, it would smoke in the Spring but as I got new gas into it and started driving more, the smoking dissapeared all together. I did a compression test a year ago and the numbers were fine. I start it up every so often while I stored it.

09/03/2010, 61 degrees F, cold start, driver side door was open from the beginning. Notice that the oil pressure is high during a cold startup due to no balance shafts, it drops down after a few minutes after the car has warmed up. There is an unpluged bung for a wideband on the downpipe. Bad gas, gas is over a year old. Shot with HTC Evo phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVK8reRIrg

09/03/2010, 61 degrees F, after 10 minutes of idling, driver side door was closed from the beginning. Notice oil pressure has gone back down. There is an unpluged bung for a wideband on the downpipe. Bad gas, gas is over a year old. Had a hard time reving the engine and holding my phone at the same time. Shot with HTC Evo phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VC5E2IDAeg

Thanks in advance.

09-03-2010	#1
1G_DSM Join Date: May 2007 Location: St. Paul Drives: 1994 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Auto Posts: 445	Help Diagnose My Car's Problem - Video Side I think its the turbo seal but I need feedback and opinions. I'm the type of person who gets really concerned when something is wrong with my car. The car has been sitting for over a year, so the gas is bad. The smoke has just gotton worse as time went by. At first I thought maybe it was the valve stems because it would smoke and then go away like bad valve stems, but now maybe I think its the turbo seal? The old gas probably contributes to the problem too I think. I know when I first stored it for the winter when I first got it, and the gas got old, it would smoke in the Spring but as I got new gas into it and started driving more, the smoking dissapeared all together. I did a compression test a year ago and the numbers were fine. I start it up every so often while I stored it. 09/03/2010, 61 degrees F, cold start, driver side door was open from the beginning. Notice that the oil pressure is high during a cold startup due to no balance shafts, it drops down after a few minutes after the car has warmed up. There is an unpluged bung for a wideband on the downpipe. Bad gas, gas is over a year old. Shot with HTC Evo phone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVK8reRIrg 09/03/2010, 61 degrees F, after 10 minutes of idling, driver side door was closed from the beginning. Notice oil pressure has gone back down. There is an unpluged bung for a wideband on the downpipe. Bad gas, gas is over a year old. Had a hard time reving the engine and holding my phone at the same time. Shot with HTC Evo phone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VC5E2IDAeg Thanks in advance.