turbo problem??>>>white smoke>>?? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

corolla_racer · 04-01-2005, 07:25 PM

hey guys

i have a 1.8 and its 95 corolla turbocharge......My qesution is that my car just strated to smoke..It smoke white smoke and i now think that my oil is mixing into it anti-freeze....thats why its smoking.......So what do you guys think??.... blow head gasket???? or somthing eles....Please help me out i'm going to go run it at the traek next weekend..............THANKS

LonelyDriver · 04-01-2005, 07:55 PM

white smoke usually means water vapour. check to make sure all your hoses are connected properly

corolla_racer · 04-01-2005, 09:31 PM

any eles wrong????/

toyotaspeed90 · 04-02-2005, 12:09 AM

probably a blown head gasket....... fix it and have your head decked

Fabius · 04-02-2005, 12:12 AM

check your head gasket might be burning coolent

ST185 · 04-02-2005, 07:32 PM

White smoke can be caused by blown turbo or blown headgasket.
Open the oil filler cap and see if you find any trace of coolant (milky white stuff).
How is the turbo shaft play?

Flashmn · 04-03-2005, 07:15 AM

blown turbo would cause black smoke. Lots of white smoke is usually head gasket problem.

toyotaspeed90 · 04-03-2005, 07:04 PM

well it depends on how the turbo is cooled and/or which line gave...... there are turbo's that are only cooled by the oil that passes through them, so you wouldn't have white smoke coming from a turbo with shaftplay....

Flashmn · 04-04-2005, 06:15 AM

Well the waterjackets in turbos usually arent connected directly with the shaft, so unless your turbo housing has cracked it wont leak to the engine. Shaft sealing problems cause oil leakages, causing black smoke.

89TCGTS · 04-04-2005, 07:01 PM

does it smoke only when you start it up????if thats the case then it's probly oil burning. I don't know if it just happened all of a sudden or what but that could be the problem. Antifreeze usually burns kinda blue......if it looks blue than you probly have a blow head gasket or a cracked head. I don't know anything about turbos so that could be the problem too.

karugs · 04-04-2005, 09:36 PM

I thought white smoke meant coolant burning? (headgasket)
Blue smoke is oil burning (as in the case of valve stem seal problems)

corolla_racer · 04-05-2005, 02:40 AM

i DON'T THINK ITS MY HEADGASKET, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT MY COOLANT SYSTEM I DON'T SEE ANY OIL IN IT AT ALL...i JUST DID A COOLANT FLASH SO NO CLUE MAN...THIS SUCK

...HEHEHE...THE TIME IT SMOKE ONLY WHEN MY CAR IS HOT AN WHEN I PUSH MY CAR.....

Flashmn · 04-05-2005, 02:45 AM

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Antifreeze usually burns kinda blue

You smoking crack or something? Antifreeze burns white, oil burns blue.

I didnt see any oil in my coolant system, nor any coolant in the oils, yet my headgasket was blown.