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Daniel Clarke
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 11:43 pm, by: Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain)

Dont assume your turbos are fine! Pay and get them properly checked, as mentioned.. Just cause they dont havve shaft play doesnt mean the seals are shot!

Braden ( Ribfeast) has this issue at the moment with a set of steelies! No shaft play, but burning more oil than a Mcdonalds Fry machine!

Tim Hutchings
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 12:24 pm, by: Tim Hutchings (One_jay_zed)

Well, I don't think it's right, but I just took that intake pipe off and it's as dry as a bone.

Braden Murdoch
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 04:04 pm, by: Braden Murdoch (Ribfeast)

Mine developed the telltale death whine around the same time. Not too loud at this stage, but I'm sure it will get worse. 7000RPM, running out of oil, and turning off the engine without a cool-down all at the same time probably was the cause ;)

Michael Keen
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 06:16 pm, by: Michael Keen (Spoilt)

tell me what colour smoke you got. white blue or black... and i tell you were to look throughly..

Tim Hutchings
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:25 pm, by: Tim Hutchings (One_jay_zed)

I'm pretty sure it's white, maybe a tiny trace of blueness. in there, but definatly white smoke.

Brian Timms
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:28 pm, by: Brian Timms (Turbo_brian)

Tim Hutchings wrote on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 06:19 pm:
do you mean the big rubber pipe between the intercooler and the intake manifold?
Sorry some things need to be dumbed down a bit for me :p

On the 1JZ, there is a 90 degree pipe that comes up next to the battery and connects to the throttle body (the thing with all the cables and pipes coming off it, the one that's usually touchable after a good thrashing when compared to the other side).

Remove this 90 degree rubber/metal (mine's metal with a BOV on it) and run our fingers inside the throttle body (part still attached to the car when you remove the pipe.

If you have clumps of black oozing oil, your turbos are farked badly.

B.

Michael Keen
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:42 pm, by: Michael Keen (Spoilt)

Tim Hutchings wrote on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:25 pm:
I'm pretty sure it's white, maybe a tiny trace of blueness. in there, but definatly white smoke.

if it is white, there your oil seals in the turbo have failed. white smoke is oil into the exhaust system after combustion. blue is oil which has gone through combustion cheers. get them turbos checked, you will find it to be them..

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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:45 pm, by: Michael Keen (Spoilt)

Brian Timms wrote on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 07:28 pm:
Tim Hutchings wrote on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 06:19 pm:
do you mean the big rubber pipe between the intercooler and the intake manifold?
Sorry some things need to be dumbed down a bit for me :p

On the 1JZ, there is a 90 degree pipe that comes up next to the battery and connects to the throttle body (the thing with all the cables and pipes coming off it, the one that's usually touchable after a good thrashing when compared to the other side).

Remove this 90 degree rubber/metal (mine's metal with a BOV on it) and run our fingers inside the throttle body (part still attached to the car when you remove the pipe.

If you have clumps of black oozing oil, your turbos are farked badly.

B.