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R33 Blowing White Smoke When Hitting Boost

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My R33 is blowing white smoke when i hit boost.. only when i hit boost. i already got my turbo re-build by gcg turbos.. now its a ball bearing high flow turbo.. im running 10 psi have a boost controller, after market exhaust and thats about it.. everything i have read says turbo seal or head gasket or whatever... what should i do.. i have to drive to canberra 2moz but having 2nd thoughts now.. anyone out there know what i can do??

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Take the car to a mechanic and have them do a compression and leakdown test. If that passes then you have most likely got a faulty turbo on your hand.

Not surprising due to all the chinese copy covers that GCG are using on their Garrett units now to save a buck.

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it got sent over to gcg turbos and they said it would be a 3-4 day job.. didnt get it back for 2 and a half weeks... my mate called them and abused them saying that he would never go to them again and the dude fixing the turbo had to do it on a friday night and we were thinking he may not have done a proper job cause we got the shits with him. its been in the car for about 2 months or so.. its been ok.. but now all this white smoke when i hit boost.. i just spent $3500 getting it upgraded and everything.. what a shit hey... and i dont even have anything realllly aftermarket.. what a joke i have on my hands.. and i think its also out of warranty

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it got sent over to gcg turbos and they said it would be a 3-4 day job.. didnt get it back for 2 and a half weeks... my mate called them and abused them saying that he would never go to them again and the dude fixing the turbo had to do it on a friday night and we were thinking he may not have done a proper job cause we got the shits with him. its been in the car for about 2 months or so.. its been ok.. but now all this white smoke when i hit boost.. i just spent $3500 getting it upgraded and everything.. what a shit hey... and i dont even have anything realllly aftermarket.. what a joke i have on my hands.. and i think its also out of warranty

fark me! for 3.5k you could have gone GT3076 with external gate inc. fitting etc. IT would make way more than a highflow

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i get my car fixed from the place where i bought it in sydney cause my dad knows the owners and they recon they give me a good deal on everything i get done there.. i got $3500 off the asking proce for the car but whave really had nothing but problems since i put the boost controller on there.. thats bout the only thing that has made the car have problems and im only running 10 pound..

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hey bud... u say its been having probs only after you put on the boost controller... are you sure its running 10psi? had it on a dyno? have u got a guage to tell you roughly how much boost?

what sort of boost controller? electronic or bleed valve?... u never know properly unless you dyno the car with those little aluminium key adjusting valves.

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"never know properly unless you dyno the car with those little aluminium key adjusting valves" ... huh...? lol :O

Get a decent tuner (ie. not your dads mate!) to take a look. white smoke = bad news... oil is burning, so you've lost a seal somewhere. Turbo is most likely, but it could be a few things..

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Found out what the problem is.. piston no. 5 is blown.. so i have to get a new block for the car.. when the turbo blew the first time some of the impella got caught inside the intercooler and now shreaded the piston ring... fun times ahead!

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I got same problem as jazzathejerm's on my R33 RB25 det . Blowing white smoke when hit boost. Just few days ago, it was blowing oil from BOV. most likely Turbo's problem, i booked a engine compression test on this Friday and see how that go. if that pass, i go for the turbo upgrade. AS 3lit3 says GT3076 is a very good option, and KKR 430 or KKR 480 can be a cheap and nice option too.

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