I apologize in advanced for this long post.
I had my 89 turbo rebuilt recently, and just put 500 or so miles on it. It has a stock HG, ARP head bolts, and intake, downpipe, exhaust. I went and retorqued the head today, changed out the plugs, flushed the cooling system, and changed the oil to some synthetic. Everythings back together, and I start it up; no problem. I let it warm up and take it down the block, stop at a light, and I see smoke. I pull over, and see blue smoke (with the wonderful scent of burning oil) coming from the tailpipe. For the next hour, Im pulling my hair out while going over everything I took apart while I did the retorque. Here's where it stands now: blue smoke at idle, very very little while accelerating, very very little while decelerating. Smoke seems intermittent too. It would idle for a few minutes without smoking, then smoke like a mother. Then stop. I drove it for 5 miles after I thought it stopped smoking, and it smoke very little. I got home, and it started smoking again, pretty badly.
The turbo on the car was taken from my now disabled 87 turbo. The turbo had wetness (oil) on the intake side, and a bit of shaftplay before I put it on my 89. Could my turbo had went out by pure coincidence right after I did the retorque? It had not been smoking at all when I drove it to work to do the retorque. Any ideas???
Again, apologies for the long post.
I had my 89 turbo rebuilt recently, and just put 500 or so miles on it. It has a stock HG, ARP head bolts, and intake, downpipe, exhaust. I went and retorqued the head today, changed out the plugs, flushed the cooling system, and changed the oil to some synthetic. Everythings back together, and I start it up; no problem. I let it warm up and take it down the block, stop at a light, and I see smoke. I pull over, and see blue smoke (with the wonderful scent of burning oil) coming from the tailpipe. For the next hour, Im pulling my hair out while going over everything I took apart while I did the retorque. Here's where it stands now: blue smoke at idle, very very little while accelerating, very very little while decelerating. Smoke seems intermittent too. It would idle for a few minutes without smoking, then smoke like a mother. Then stop. I drove it for 5 miles after I thought it stopped smoking, and it smoke very little. I got home, and it started smoking again, pretty badly.
The turbo on the car was taken from my now disabled 87 turbo. The turbo had wetness (oil) on the intake side, and a bit of shaftplay before I put it on my 89. Could my turbo had went out by pure coincidence right after I did the retorque? It had not been smoking at all when I drove it to work to do the retorque. Any ideas???
Again, apologies for the long post.
