My buddy is running into a problem w/ this turbo honda. Oil leaks into the exhaust but only at idle. I thought it was his headgasket so I did a head rebuild and also sent the turbo into innovative to have them rebuild it. ALl the lines have been double checked, etc.


Any idea? Innovative said it looks like the turbo wasn't getting full oil coverage for some reason

 

Honda with a Turbo ? HUH? Scott I think you are in the wrong forum in this one bud.....

 

The problem is in the oil drain line, I'm guessing that it is running into the oil pan. When the car is at an idle, the oil isn't flowing through the turbo, it is just sitting in the oil drain line, because the oil in the pan is backing it up. So the car is probably smoking blue. Drill a hole in the block tap it, and put a -12 fitting in there you will have no more problems
-Scott

If the head gasket would go bad The oil would be milky, and the car would smoke white.

 

turbo setups don't very to much from basic construction, I figure w/ the guru's here that have dabbed a little bit in varied applications could help me out

 

the car does smoke white, that's why I did the head rebuild.


I will try the advice. Thanks bud.



what's also weird is the car is still makeing good power, a little over 350 to the wheels when we did the first tests even w/ the smoke at idle (I know wasn't a good idea to do, but we figured if we blew something it'd give us an excuse to rebuild )

 

soon2be,

scotty above is probably very close. I had the same problem when we went to much larger turbo's. In our case we built larger return oil tanks to solve the problem.

 

Did you try and email Stephen form Imagine Auto ? That would be my first stop with a question as this ....

 

Didn't want to bother him right now w/ all the shootout stuff going on. Figured he'd see this if he had time.

 

Will look into it. Thanks guys. Any other advice is welcome. Just want to get the problems worked out

 

The other thing to look at as far as the 996tt is the restrictor that you have in your line. Failing to reinstall or installing the wrong size for your turbo will cause problems.

 

The car will still make good power, Your really not hurting anything, unless your running a 2 step. It is just bad for the turbo seals over time. I would say it is definatly a oil drain problem.
-Scott

Is the oil Milky? If it is the water in the oil will eat away at the rod bearings real quick, I wouldn't even start the car.

 

nope, oil looks fine

 

okay, this weekend I moved the oil line up higher in the pan. It still smoked a little bit but it would stop after a few seconds and it wasn't NEARLY as bad.


Thanks for helping me get my head on straight guys. Hopefully i'll figure out while it's still smoking a little.