Thread: nanocom in katherine-white smoke

I reckon Alice Springs is about far.
How are your turbo hoses?

intake hose a fair bit of oil in it,there is sticky oil around the intake manifold too, should i take the exhaust of to see if there is oil in there, it seems like the smoke wont start untill engine is hot i stop the car for a bit and then turn the car back on then the smoke starts

It would be worth cleaning the oil from the hoses (though wont cure the issue). A light coating is normal. Large amounts of oil are more sinister

The turbo hoses are known to delaminate and a "bubble" in the hose forms under pressure, blocking the flow and boost.
However this is usually accompanied by black smoke and power loss.

If you vehicle has the EGR valve still fitted (looks like a throttle body on the front of the inlet manifold) it may be stuck open, this can cause some smoke. Again usually accompanied by some power loss (not as dramatic as hoses)

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i have silicon hoses can they still delaminate and the egr is blanked

How is the oil level is it over full?

oil level is a bit under ful,l havent noticed any usage exhaust manifold to the turbo is leaking a fair bit, trying to upload photos

cant get the photos to work, but ive decided its either the turbo oil seal or valve stem seals is there any way of telling if its one or the other, hoses from intercooler to turbo have a lot of oil (pooling at lowest point) also have a pretty nasty oil leak from exhaust manifold were it bolts onto the engine,
any ideas would be great

When does the oil start in the hoses. i.e if the oil is in the intake (pre turbo) hose also, then you have oil being fed from the engine via the rocker cover breather hose.
Is there much "blow by" when the oil fill cap is removed with engine running?

also have a pretty nasty oil leak from exhaust manifold were it bolts onto the engine,

Is this right? If you have oil coming from the exhaust manifold it is a head or head gasket.

cheers