Rings Or Blown Turbo Seals ?

[Carlos.pereira]

Long time viewer first time caller. Well Iv got an r32 rb20det and just recently it has started to smoke badly on idle blowing white smoke. On cold starts it a solid 0.8bar oil pressure but then drops below 0.2 once warm. Starts to smoke around 0.6 bar and doesn't stop tried revving the tits of the damn thing but still blows. Pressure goes up when driving but still smokes hardout and goes back down to 0.2bar . It's got smoke leaking from beneath the turbo aswell as oil residue from intake side of turbo. Have also checked oil cap and does not blow pressure when placing hand over filler hole .

[AngryRB]

That low pressure sounds more concern than the smoke, 3psi when hot is bad

[tridentt150v]

white smoke is usually coolant, blown turbo or head gasket??? Blue is oil, and you can smell the difference as well. But that low oil pressure is a big issue. You should have +50psi, best you got is 12. When cold would be 80-90.