white smoke when i'm done driving

[tip]

what's up everyone, before i go out with my car when it's cold i make it idle till it's a little hot. if i do that i don't see any smoke but if i'm done driving i come home make the car idle for let's say 5 min or so, when i do that then there comes white smoke of the exhaust, today i serviced my car i put 10w-40 in the engine and now it smokes more, previously i drove on 10w-30. can anyone tell me what this is?

tip.

 

[Stulet-GTT]

Turbo seals might be on there way out, or might be rings..

Try a compresion(sp) test to see if ya all fireing ok...

Sorry cany help anymore but thats all i can think of...

 

[Stu-]

Does the white smoke smell a bit funny? Thats a sign of the turbo seals on their way out

 

[billybob]

more likly the vavle stem seals

 

[Stu-]

It could be. The fact it takes a while at idle before the smoke starts is usually a sign of turbo seals - in my experience if its the valve stem seals the smoke starts quite quickly and you can get some smoke on overrun too.

 

[stuarty1]

That happend to a mates car it was just a turbo seals his blow shit loads wen u reved it tho mate yea a compresion test would not go a miss as u don't wanna do more damage if some thing is wrong

 

[Rick]

Before replacing the turbo, try replacing the pcv valve first. I went through 2 turbos before I got to the bottom of the problem which was a £20 pcv valve which I managed to replace myself. Just make sure you also buy the seal it fits into in the top of the rocker cover as I guarantee it will shatter.

 

[tip]

Does the white smoke smell a bit funny? Thats a sign of the turbo seals on their way out

yes it does smell funny

 

[tip]

Before replacing the turbo, try replacing the pcv valve first. I went through 2 turbos before I got to the bottom of the problem which was a £20 pcv valve which I managed to replace myself. Just make sure you also buy the seal it fits into in the top of the rocker cover as I guarantee it will shatter.

pcv valve? where can i get info about that.

 

[tip]

That happend to a mates car it was just a turbo seals his blow shit loads wen u reved it tho mate yea a compresion test would not go a miss as u don't wanna do more damage if some thing is wrong

okay my cousin is a mechanic i'll go to him for the compresion test. just to be sure.

thanks again everyone

tip

 

[Rick]

pcv valve? where can i get info about that.

For info on the pcv valve just go to Toyota and tell them that you want a new pcv valve and the rubber grommit that fits into the rocker cover. When I did mine about 6 years ago it was about £20 for both bits. Then it was a 20 minute job to fit as the existing grommit shattered so I had to get the tweezers out to retrieve some bits.

Trust me it's worth doing first. The smoke I was getting from mine also had an oily smell and in traffic it just got plain embarrassing.

Try this first and it may just sort out your problem for a fraction of the price of fitting another turbo and that not sorting the problem.

 

[tip]

For info on the pcv valve just go to Toyota and tell them that you want a new pcv valve and the rubber grommit that fits into the rocker cover. When I did mine about 6 years ago it was about £20 for both bits. Then it was a 20 minute job to fit as the existing grommit shattered so I had to get the tweezers out to retrieve some bits.

Trust me it's worth doing first. The smoke I was getting from mine also had an oily smell and in traffic it just got plain embarrassing.

Try this first and it may just sort out your problem for a fraction of the price of fitting another turbo and that not sorting the problem.

okay thanks for the info buddy