turbo seals

tell me something, if i got a hot piece of flat metal and heated it to about 500~800 degrees (assuming normal turbo operating temps), then dropped fresh engine oil on it -- let's even get specific and go with 15w-40.. what color of smoke would the burning oil produce..? white..? gray perhaps...

over the weekend, went on a sprint and was boosting a little harder than normal.. (given my routine driving habits) but at not more than 55 hundred revs. boost is currently set to 0.7bar. it was holding steady, no drama there. my worry came when i opened my hood today. my stock dump valve is set...

hi all, not worried out of my wits (yet!) but just wanted to throw this bone out to you.. i recently had a night drive (nice cold air and open road) and was boosting to my preset of .8bar for a while - long stretch of road. got back home and just parked - let the timer take care of engine...