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ok a little update. i did a compression test. kinda suprised by my results but here they are starting from right to left. 175-170-165-170. so im going to say that rules out pistons, rings, and headgasket. i then decided to do what i could to see if it's the turbo. I took off the j-pipe, and found no sign of oil or anything. i decided just to go ahead and check where the uic pipe connects to the tb elbow, and once again, nothing. I then went to the turbo and took off the intake to check for shaft play. There was a little bit of shaft play, but not a whole lot. Then i sat there and just kinda spun the compressor wheel. when i spun it by like putting my fingers on the fins and spinning, it spun fine. but when i tried to spin it by grabbing the lil shaft and spinning it, it would get a little stuck sumtimes and it would take more force to get it to spin past that stuck point. So that has me thinking possibly a bad turbo is causing the white smoke. But then i didn't find oil or coolant or anything in the intercooler piping. Could it by chance be a seal on just on the exhaust side that is leaking and smoking, and its not getting in the intake cuz its just on the exhaust side? if u know of any other checks that im not doing that u think i should do then please lemme know. Basically right now im stuck, im thinking turbo, i honestly don't know what else to check. i dunno what exactly was leaking out before that i had seen in the engine bay. i cleaned all that off and it hasn't come back. so i guess im mainly dealing with this white smoke. i still dunno if this smoke is WHITE(coolant), or if its white with a blue tint(oil).
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