Hi all,
I've got a 1990 se with 30,000 miles on the odo. Car runs great, but if it has sat for more than a few days I get blue smoke.
Weird thing is that I fire it up, starts and runs great, no smoke, then after about 30 seconds of running it starts pushing blue for about 20 seconds then stops. That is the only time there is any smoke. No smoke ever while driving and none the same day as a drive.
Leads me to believe it's either oil in the intake that takes a little time to reach the combustion chamber, or oil in the exhaust that needs a little time to heat up. This tends to make me think that it may be a seal in the turbo.
I haven't done any disassembly, but I'm planning on removing the charge cooler first to check for any oil downstream of the turbo.
Any thoughts or recommendations before I start digging in?
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
I've got a 1990 se with 30,000 miles on the odo. Car runs great, but if it has sat for more than a few days I get blue smoke.
Weird thing is that I fire it up, starts and runs great, no smoke, then after about 30 seconds of running it starts pushing blue for about 20 seconds then stops. That is the only time there is any smoke. No smoke ever while driving and none the same day as a drive.
Leads me to believe it's either oil in the intake that takes a little time to reach the combustion chamber, or oil in the exhaust that needs a little time to heat up. This tends to make me think that it may be a seal in the turbo.
I haven't done any disassembly, but I'm planning on removing the charge cooler first to check for any oil downstream of the turbo.
Any thoughts or recommendations before I start digging in?
Thanks in advance,
Jeff