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Well ive been buying turbo parts for awhile now and I finally decided to put them to use. The install went pretty smooth and everything is done except for the gauges and the intercooler piping. I do have a few questions though, im not sure if the direction of the turbo coolant lines matters as far as inlet and outlet, and also the car produces quite a bit of whiteish smoke which wasnt present before the turbo install, but im not sure if this is due to the lack of intercooler piping.

anyway ill post some pictures of the install later.

was the turbo new or used

if used could be the seals in the turbo
or the pressure from the turbo is blowing oil past your seal/valves in the head
did you do a leak down test b4 turboing your car

well the turbo isnt connected to the intake yet im just letting ther car idle to make sure everything is hooked up right, and the turbo was used so that might be it

White smoke is caused by water and or antifreeze entering the cylinder, and the engine trying to burn it with the fuel. The white smoke is steam. There are special gaskets (head gaskets are the primary gaskets) that keep the antifreeze from entering the cylinder area. The cylinder is where the fuel and air mixture are being compressed and burned. Any amount of antifreeze that enters this area will produce a white steam that will be present at the tailpipe area.


Blue Smoke: Blue smoke is caused by engine oil entering the cylinder area and being burned along with the fuel air mixture. As with the white smoke, just a small drop of oil leaking into the cylinder can produce blue smoke out the tailpipe. Blue smoke is more likely in older or higher mileage vehicles than newer cars with fewer miles.

Black Smoke: Black smoke is caused by excess fuel that has entered the cylinder area and cannot be burned completely. Another term for excess fuel is "running rich." Poor fuel mileage is also a common complaint when black smoke comes out of the tailpipe. Black smoke out the tailpipe is the least cause for alarm. Excess fuel will usually effect engine performance, reduce fuel economy, and produce a fuel odor.

yea i researched it a bit and found that if the oil return line is kinked that a white wispy smoke would occur, so i went to check mine and sure enough its kinked. I ordered the OEM line from toyota so ill put that on tomorrow and see how that does.

so the smoke is still comming out the exhaust pipe, so im guessing it must be the turbo seals? anyone know of a way to check this for sure?