Jump to content
SAU Community

Loads Of White Smoke

Gts4_76

By Gts4_76,
in General Maintenance

 Share

Recommended Posts

Gts4_76 Enthusiast

Gts4_76

Posted
Posted
pinch.gif@Was driving home yesterday and I noticed some white smoke coming out of the exhaust when I put my foot down, then after another gear change it turned to bellowing loads of white smoke and was losing power when I put my foot down , lucky this happened about 200 meters from my place, now in idle it sounds like a wrx, I've checked the coolant and water and they both seem normal, but it also spat the dip stick out which worries me a fair bit, if any one has any ideas that would be really appreciated, I also noticed a little oil on the head behind the turbo, and the turbo it's self started to smoke?
Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/378834-loads-of-white-smoke/
Share on other sites
Gts4_76 Enthusiast

Gts4_76

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

Well if this is the case, is it worth rebuilding or a new engine, its a rb 25 in my gts4 i have no idea is why i ask? Probably a good thing its just come out of a shop that hiflowed the injectors and did the nistune board, so I'm really shouldn't have to pay for it i reckon!

Edited by burton_76
mad082 Grand Master

mad082

Posted
Posted

engine failure will have bugger all to do with getting a tune and injectors. it's just bad timing, so you will be stuck with the bill unless you can actually prove they caused the failure, which i highly doubt you will be able to.

is your rb25 turbo or natro? if natro, why did you bother highflowing the injectors? that is a major waste of money on a natro unless you have extensive headwork done and are putting out power close to that of a standard turbo motor. if it was because the car was leaning out then the fuel pump was the issue, not the injectors and your engine was probably already stuffed before the tune due to that.

Gts4_76 Enthusiast

Gts4_76

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Turbo was already hi-flowed earlier, and its just a fun car been working on over the years, but the shop its just came said there going to pay for the damage so pretty lucky there i guess. Was looking at being pretty happy around 280kw till this happened,not to sure what to do now.

mad082 Grand Master

mad082

Posted
Posted

if they are going to pay for the rebuild then i don't think they'll want to fork out for an expensive rebuild, so i wouldn't be suprised if they simply source a new motor. if they do rebuild it then it will be a stock rebuild, but you may be able to negotiate with them to pay the difference and use better parts.

Galois Veteran

Galois

Posted
Posted (edited)

Pretty lucky to get them to offer the rebuild, can't imagine that happens often

Edit: Mad's got a point though, they're probably not going to be putting their hearts and souls into the rebuild

Edited by Galois
Gts4_76 Enthusiast

Gts4_76

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

say it is only one cylinder that has lost compression its worth fixing right, the place it came from is in adelaide and now the car is at a place up the gold coast so its not the same ppl, im not going to name names cause the guys in adelaide did some really good work, i'm still not even sure what has happened yet wont find out till tuesday at the earliest, but yeah prettty lucky overall!

Edited by burton_76

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Murray_Calavera
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By Murray_Calavera · Posted

      The fab work can be as simple as a couple of silicon hoses and clamps to the factory piping. 
    • joshuaho96
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      Just sounds like either way you need to do some fab work to get everything to fit, so why limit yourself at that point? If the GCG high flow option is zero effort in and out swap though I'd probably do that. It's almost certainly lowest risk, lowest cost, etc. The HKS GTIII-RS option that Kapr mentioned is laughably expensive for what it is, they charge the exact same for two turbos on the RB26 so their margins are off the charts on that thing.
    • GTSBoy
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      Intake manifold is not a part of the issue. The turbo bolts to the exhaust manifold. That is easy. But close your eyes and picture the physical situation. That is a T3 flange on the manifold and a T3 flange on the turbo. As long as any new turbo has a T3 flange on the exhaust housing, that exhaust housing will bolt to the exhaust manifold. This places the exhaust housing in the same place as the stock one. But now move your mental attention a little further forward. The location of the compressor housing is set by the length of the turbo's core. The stock turbo had a long core. Let's say that it is..... 100mm long. So that would place the compressor housing 100mm forward of the exhaust housing. But a highflow, might well have a centre core that is shorter. Let's say that it is only 70mm long. Now the compressor housing will be 30mm further back in the engine bay than the stock one. This DOES move the turbo's compressor outlet backwards. It also moves the compressor's inlet backwards. You will very likely have to do some work to both the inlet and outlet piping to make everything connect again. I am not say this to make it out to be a bigger deal than it is. I am just pointing out that "bolt on" is sometimes not quite bolt on. The highflow from GCG that Murray linked above (https://gcg.com.au/turbo-charger-upgrade-skyline-gtst-2iu-xtrgts-s1.html ) uses a core that is the same length as the stock core, and so does not require this extra work. It will look very much like the stock turbo. No-one uses GTR turbos of any flavour (stock, or aftermarket) in a single turbo application on RB20/25. It's not a thing. Yes, people have been putting on GT3076, GTX3076 (and bigger and smaller versions of those) and G30s (of various sizes) onto RB20/25 since forever. But these are not "bolt on". Everything except the 4 bolts to the exhaust manifold change with these. And genuine Garretts are expensive. Non-gen, like Pulsar, etc, are cheaper, variously as good or nearly as good. But still not bolt on. No-one in the right mind would pay for an HKS turbo. Not in this modern day and age. Well, yes, the GCG highflow. You could ask HG what he can do to make the compressor housing sit in the original location. There are surely others doing highflows around the world. And some of the eBay/Temu ones (as reported by Dose) work and don't die. Bit of a lottery though. I would send your turbo to GCG (here in Oz) to be highflowed if you want a trivial no-extra-work option. But seriously, the work required to change inlet and outlet piping is not that hard. That's a boost control problem, not a turbo problem.
    • Kapr
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By Kapr · Posted

      Thank you all for the replys 🙂 I know that intake would be different but that is one pipe at it is not that hard to get(custom one). I meant mainly bolt to the stock manifold and the turbo elbow. I looked and many sites/forums but they are just "old" with some old HKS turbos from GT-R i guess? What about some Garrets?  Or any other turbo? Is there even a turbo which i can just bolt on? 😄 And yeah i know about that new HKS but that is like 2000k USD without taxes/shipping in here   Iam getting a touch up tune but my "problem" is that on the "not" hot day iam getting peaks around 0,9 bar...and when it was around 15 Celsious i saw peak around 1 bar which is just too much for stock turbo. And of course turbo is old and i like to get some new one for a piece of mind 🙂 
    • GTSBoy
      new here

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      I'm working on the assumption that our friend Jasmine here is a Russian (or, possibly Ukrainian) spammer/spambot, based purely on the number of such that I have been having to neuter in the last few weeks. IP address for the OP above was in WA. But that could have been via VPN. Posting at quarter to 4 in the morning is a good sign of being from somewhere in Europe. The last Jasmine that I kicked in the cooch was IP addressed in Ukraine. Even that could have been via VPN, and the bitchbot could have been from Russia, Serbia, China or anywhere. Regardless, was a spambot, so I killed it with fire. The fact that our new friend Jasmine here did not respond in any way to my tart query strongly suggests to me that this OP was just the establishment phase of a user able to be activated for spamming in a week, or 3 or 10.
×
×
  • Create New...