After getting the car started again, I had smoke problems. The car did not smoke in boost, only under deacceleration and when in vacuum. When I start the car up there is no smoke at all, and won't be as long as I let it idle. All this leads me to believe that it's turbo oil seal related.

The turbo is a brand new rebuild from bnr though, so I'm making sure there are no other possibilities. I've already spoken with bryan, he's been workin with me since I got the car started and has offered great customer service.

I did remove the emissions rack when I swapped turbo's. As of right now I have both the nipples that were associated with the PCV system open vented.

This is from Dales write up:

If I'm not running a catchcan, should I plumb a line from the nipple below the oil cap back into the TID; and leave the other nipple near where the fill neck meets the block open vented as dale suggests?

I don't have a problem running the catchcan if it's neccesary, but there isn't much room without relocating the battery or removing my a/c.

I do plan on buying the catch can from jeg's eventually, but I was unaware if leaving both of the nipples open vented would have any adverese affects. My FSM is at home with the car, and school is kicking my ***. Thanks for any help, or other suggestions for the smoke.

 

Your crankcase is vented at the moment, correct?

 

Check your sump gasket isn't leaking I had this problem and when I backed off you couldn't see out the back for smoke!!!
A new sump gasket, new oil and no more smoke Don't forget to really clean ALL oil off the sump mounting surface and the sump before putting this all together again. Don't leave the sump stiffeners off otherwise it will leak again.
Regards
Michael Smith

 

correct

I will check that

 

sump gasket?? Where's that located, on the oil pickup tube?

I"m also having a recent problem of smoking on decel after boosting... the turbo was rebuilt and the problem has come back now 2months later... I have the bottom PCV nip capped and the top one routed to the charcoal filter.

 

Well I removed the hose going from the oil filler neck to the charcoal cannister. It is now atmosphered, seems to be fine now, will keep an eye on it... my goof... bah.

 

Where exactly is this smoke coming from? If it's from the exhaust, and you've removed the stock PCV system, then it's not a crankcase ventilation problem. Currently any oil vapours are simply being vented out of the open nipples on the engine, and can't get into the exhaust. Connecting these nipples to a catch can (or simply extending the lines under the car) is a good idea, but it won't solve your smoking problem.