smoking a lil bit

[rage]

my car has been smoking a little bit for a while now.
when i accelerate, no problems, shift gear and a tiny puff of smoke comes out.
let go of the throttle, slow down on the engine, pick up the throttle again and i get a decent puff of smoke.

turbo exhaust seal? most likely?

 

[aidan]

Yea sounds like the turbo seals letting go

 

[dac69er]

sounds more like valve stem oil seals tbh.

can you see the smoke out the back of the car or is someone following you watching?

 

[rage]

can see it in the rear view mirror, only smokes when letting go of the throttle, slowing down on the engine and then giving it some gas, puff of smoke and all is fine afterwards.

 

[dac69er]

Definitely sounds like valve stem oil seals

 

[rage]

allright, i'll have a go at them and see if i can find the one that is leaking

 

[aidan]

Have you smoke on start up

 

[weeJohn]

Take the manifolds off and you can see the valve stems below the seals. You may see a wet stem or a build of of carbon where its been burning on it.

 

[rage]

no smoke (other than normal water vapor) on startup

good tip weejohn! will look into that.
can check the turbo seal at the same time

 

[aidan]

Normally with stem seals gone you will have smoke on start up aswell

 

[dac69er]

Only when they are really bad. Mine were gone and didn't have much smoke at all tbh. My valve guides were also gone!

 

[bongskag]

how much oil is it using ? have you been topping it up/ checking ?

 

[rage]

took off the turbo yesterday. was all nice and clean as it's supposed to be.
so it wasn;t the turbo that was leaking.

then checked the valve seals and found this:

so i've found my smoke problem, leaking valve stem seal.
oh well, something to do over the weekend then

 

[dac69er]

its a pain, but do them all while you are at it. generally it will onl be the exhaust side that are gone, but if you do the lot it rules them out.

if the guides are worn you are wasting your time though, as they wont last very long

 

[scgtt]

Hi,did you remove the exhaust manifold and take the pick through the head ports.

 

[ben10]

you can change the seals with out removing the head its just a bit tricky but saves alot of money .

 

[4efteboost]

im pretty sure that most motor factors have a tool to compress the valve springs so you can take retainers out and then remove valve seal once spring is out of the way. not 100% on these engines as i have never done them

 

[ben10]

im pretty sure that most motor factors have a tool to compress the valve springs so you can take retainers out and then remove valve seal once spring is out of the way. not 100% on these engines as i have never done them

you on about a spring compressor. big c shape thing then yeah the head will need to come off. i have done it in the past not on these cars but by taking the cam belt of and getting 1 cylinder tdc and manualy pushing the spring down , the valve wont drop as the piston is there. then take the spring off and replace the seal

 

[4efteboost]

even with a tool like this? http://www.tooled-up.com/product/se...oductlisting&gclid=CIKymIeslbYCFabLtAoddEgAIA i know you can get some that are like a big c clamp but they are mahoosive lol

 

[ben10]

ahh sweet that looks cool, must grip hold of the bottom of the spring. that should work only thing i will point out is if the piston is not tdc on the cylinder that you are taking the spring off the valve will fall in might be worth doing the removal of the spring and fit the new seal and all back together before moving onto the next spring. use a socket to push the valve seal on don't want to damage it with pliers or anything. good luck matey