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Old May 3, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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P.S. You need to completely remove the rubber coupler from its metal base to examine, clean, (replace if necessary) and re-tighten.
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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fabes21
Thanks KaiFD3S thats a good tip, my freinds car tho has a turbo timer that shuts his car off automatically after a time limit so his (single turbo) can cool... he should not do that?
If you've just driven the car really hard and then need to stop right away idling the car for a couple minutes before turning it off would be better than shutting off when they are really hot, but getting out of boost and driving slower for five minutes is best. Then you get airflow taking away the heat instead of it just sitting there building.
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Old May 3, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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I had smoke like you describe coming from my right headlight fromt hood location. Im pretty sure it came from oil burning off of the intake and/or turbo. It most likely a sign of fading turbos.
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Old May 4, 2007 | 02:40 AM
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Whether or not you're couplers are loose, there shouldn't be oil in the y-pipe. You're turbos are blowing oil. From the small amount of smoke you are describing, you might be able to scrape by for now although I definitely would not.

However on the opposite side of the engine bay it appears you definitely have a power steering pump leak. That oil looks fairly fresh. Could be the p/s pump hose coming off the reservoir, but I would guess the actual p/s pump assembly is leaking somewhere.
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Old May 4, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Fsunoles06

Whether or not you're couplers are loose, there shouldn't be oil in the y-pipe. You're turbos are blowing oil.


Not necessarily. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly if you pour oil in the oil filler tube a certain way it can go into the hose for the PCV system and wind up in the intake track. This oil residue shouldn't cause any harm.
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