OK,
I just got home from a 10 day vacation, and I go to start my car to head to the post office.
I fire it up and the exhaust starts smoking a lot! I will usually get a very small amount to light smoke for the first 30 seconds or so when the car is cold.
But this time it was thick white smoke! it was so bad i backed it out of the garage.
it keep smokeing really bad for about 2 minutes, and then got a little better, but still worse then i have seen before!
after another minute, i shut the car off.
I checked the oil: it was a about 2 "X"s above "low" and I got the oil changed 800 miles ago...
I then looked down where the down pipe is and noticed a large pudle of oil on the ground the pudle was under the turbo/down pipe area of the car.

so i started the car up again and pulled it into the garage.

I also notice when i checked the oil level, there was a small amount of smoke coming out of the tube where the dip stick goes, and the oil filler neck as well.

the majority of the smoke came from the exhaust, but some also came up from the turbo unit/down pipe area.

So my question is: what should i do! I have gone about 4 months with out a problem, and now this!

My turbos where replaced last year, along with my engine.

I did a down pipe install about 3 weeks ago, but I didn't have any of these problems until just today!

I am going to try and take it to my local oil fill up shop, and ask to take a look under my car.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Shrubba

 

Weird that you're getting white smoke and losing oil at the same time. Usually, you get 'light blue' smoke if you're leaking oil and it's burnt thru the exhaust.

I would have the tech that installed your turbo to look at it on a lift. Also, maybe you can 'refit' any hoses around the turbo area from above the car. Just pull any hoses that are loose and make sure the clamp isn't too far from the hose's end.

It's probably not too serious if it doesn't persist. Any body else wannna chime in?

 

Isn't blue smoke oil burning and white smoke coolant burning??

 

it is really white, but i did notice just a hint of a blueish color at one point.

I think I'll jack the front of the car up, and take a good look from the underside too.
I decided I don't want to drive it, since if it is not getting oil to the turbos, the could be very very bad!

Any other ideas?

Shrubba