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  • Member For: 21y 28d
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Anyone had this happen before or know what or why it has happened?

After a 25min drive I stopped my xr6t saw someone for 10min then got back into it and as I started up it blew out a huge white cloud of smoke I drove down the road and smoke got less and as I let it idle it gradually went anyone no what it is the car is all stock but 1800ks overdue for a service. thanks :laughing:

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  • Member For: 20y 11m 12d
  • Location: Melbourne
Posted

IMO 15000 k's is too long between oil changes. if you have now gone longer than that I would get it done ASAP regardless of if it caused your problem :laughing:

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  • Member For: 22y 4m 26d
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Sounds like the seals in the turbo are starting to leak oil.... If you want to check it pull the intake pipe off the front of the turbo and see how much oil is sitting in the pipe or dripping out the front housing in the turbo... Best to do this in morning cold....

jeff

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  • Member For: 23y 2m 2d
  • Location: Melbourne
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Apparently my car was blowing a few puffs of white smoke here and there on a recent cruise. It had an oil change done the week earlier. There is some oil in the air intake tube (before the plenum)Other members tell me that oil in this tube is fairly normal..

Should I be worried?

Is there anything that can be done to stop the seals on the turbo leaking oil?

Jake.

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  • Member For: 18y 7m 22d
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Apparently my car was blowing a few puffs of white smoke here and there on a recent cruise. It had an oil change done the week earlier. There is some oil in the air intake tube (before the plenum)Other members tell me that oil in this tube is fairly normal..

Should I be worried?

Is there anything that can be done to stop the seals on the turbo leaking oil?

Jake.

Replace the seals.

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  • Member For: 19y 7m 9d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: SW Sydney
Posted

a little bit is normal, but if there is enough to make it drip out easily, you will need new seals

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  • Member For: 18y 10m 11d
  • Gender: Male
Posted

Definately sounds like the turbocharger seal is slowly seeping oil into the exhaust housing.

I would be getting it looked at if it continues to get worse.

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  • Member For: 23y 11d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Southern Highlands NSW
Posted

Its ok. Mine did the same thing around 4 months ago and it hasnt done it since. I managed to get video of it. It only happened after I washed the car drove it for a while then pulled up in the driveway. The turbo seals are fine as I had ford check them out

Cant up load the vid for some reason

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