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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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boost=oil cloud?

this is odd,recently started to notice that when i hit boost,i get a puff of oil smoke,at first it was just a faint smell,but it seems to be growing,when i got on the highway yesterday at full acceleration to 80,looked back at i had a smoke screen going!!It goes away soon after i go off the boost,and there's no apparent leaking anywhere,so i'm guessing it must b squirting in to the manifold somewhere,and the smoke seems to come fom the engine bay not out the exhaust so it must be external,perhaps behind the turbo somewhere,i dunno,any guesses?
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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poss turbo oil seal, if it was coming out the exhaust I would say engine oil seal. Check ALL of your hoses oil starvation is not good.
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