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Evening guys & gals.
Ive noticed a bit of oil smoke over the past few weeks, mainly on startup after being left overnight. However this was intermittent, it wouldn't smoke every morning. Its now smoking a little almost everytime. It has now progressed to where a friend of mine noticed it as i pulled out of the drive from cold earlier today. It also smokes a small amount if left idling & the throttle is blipped.
Now were not talking plumes of smoke, just a puff, unsure of how much when i pulled out of the drive.
Ive had the boost pipes off from the intercooler to the throttle body & they're as clean as a whistle.
Ive read in a post that the turbo seals usually fail on the exhaust side first, so there would be no oil in the boost pipes anyway if this is the case.
The car is just shy of 48k, definately on the original turbo. I have fitted an oil restrictor bolt.
Not noticed any excessive oil usage yet, maybe half a marker on the dipstick (100ml?) This isn't accurate as ive noticed the level changes depending on which way round the dipstick is facing when you check it! However ive probably done only 600 miles or so since i first noticed it, it hasn't used any in the 5k before hand though.
The car is under a "Car Care Plan" warranty, however i work for the dealer that would be carrying out the work so would like to have a good idea of what it is before submitting the quote to the warranty as i will have to fork out for an official diagnostic otherwise.
Just to add, i only noticed the smoke first just after i fitted a Milltek cat back exhaust. Probably because i was standing behind the car when someone else started it.
Being as its only a cat back, is it likely that the exhaust has caused this? Im assuming not, as the back pressure from the two original cats is still there.
Now if the warranty company decide they want to send an assessor down to look, would it be wise to fit the original exhaust back to the car? Even though it probably has nothing to do with the problem?
Sorry for the long post chaps, thought i'd get as much info as possible in!
Thanks in advance for any info given.
Ive noticed a bit of oil smoke over the past few weeks, mainly on startup after being left overnight. However this was intermittent, it wouldn't smoke every morning. Its now smoking a little almost everytime. It has now progressed to where a friend of mine noticed it as i pulled out of the drive from cold earlier today. It also smokes a small amount if left idling & the throttle is blipped.
Now were not talking plumes of smoke, just a puff, unsure of how much when i pulled out of the drive.
Ive had the boost pipes off from the intercooler to the throttle body & they're as clean as a whistle.
Ive read in a post that the turbo seals usually fail on the exhaust side first, so there would be no oil in the boost pipes anyway if this is the case.
The car is just shy of 48k, definately on the original turbo. I have fitted an oil restrictor bolt.
Not noticed any excessive oil usage yet, maybe half a marker on the dipstick (100ml?) This isn't accurate as ive noticed the level changes depending on which way round the dipstick is facing when you check it! However ive probably done only 600 miles or so since i first noticed it, it hasn't used any in the 5k before hand though.
The car is under a "Car Care Plan" warranty, however i work for the dealer that would be carrying out the work so would like to have a good idea of what it is before submitting the quote to the warranty as i will have to fork out for an official diagnostic otherwise.
Just to add, i only noticed the smoke first just after i fitted a Milltek cat back exhaust. Probably because i was standing behind the car when someone else started it.
Being as its only a cat back, is it likely that the exhaust has caused this? Im assuming not, as the back pressure from the two original cats is still there.
Now if the warranty company decide they want to send an assessor down to look, would it be wise to fit the original exhaust back to the car? Even though it probably has nothing to do with the problem?
Sorry for the long post chaps, thought i'd get as much info as possible in!
Thanks in advance for any info given.
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