For starters I'm completely new to all this and I've tried doing my own research but can't seem to find an explanation as to why my car is doing this. I took it for its first long drive to see how it would cope and it did well until the drive back. It started throwing out loads of white smoke with a bit of soot every time I had the accelerator half way down. As soon as this started happening, I noticed each time I came to stop or slow down for a turn, my revs would drop completely and the engine would stall, yet the MIL light did not turn on neither did a diagnostic test show anything.
After that little episode I took it home and left it too cool off and thought I'd try it again later. Engine oil was extremely low, upon further research I figured that the turbo seals had been damaged as the BOV had some oil residue on it and had spat some onto the radiator at some point.
The part that I'm very confused at is when I took it out again after topping up the oil, I let it warm up properly and noticed that as soon as I dipped the clutch, the revs dropped and I could feel the engine start to struggle. If I held it in any longer, it would drop the revs all the way until the engine cut off and at this point I also noticed white smoke coming from under the offside front wheel arch which more or less indicates something to do with the turbo itself. Could the turbo being damaged/seals being worn affect the revs in this way as this is only happening when I press on the clutch pedal...
Need some insight on this ASAP as its doing my head in!!!
After that little episode I took it home and left it too cool off and thought I'd try it again later. Engine oil was extremely low, upon further research I figured that the turbo seals had been damaged as the BOV had some oil residue on it and had spat some onto the radiator at some point.
The part that I'm very confused at is when I took it out again after topping up the oil, I let it warm up properly and noticed that as soon as I dipped the clutch, the revs dropped and I could feel the engine start to struggle. If I held it in any longer, it would drop the revs all the way until the engine cut off and at this point I also noticed white smoke coming from under the offside front wheel arch which more or less indicates something to do with the turbo itself. Could the turbo being damaged/seals being worn affect the revs in this way as this is only happening when I press on the clutch pedal...
Need some insight on this ASAP as its doing my head in!!!