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Old 09-24-2013, 08:29 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by charged86 View Post
Does the smoke linger or does it disappear quickly. Can you tell if there is a slight blue tint to it. ? Lingering and blue tint smoke is oil. Fast disappearing smoked. (Slower than steam) is coolant. Neither are good. Best case scenario the seals in turbo are slightly leaking. Are you letting car idle for 30-60 seconds before shutting off after hard driving. You can YouTube smoking turbo car could help to identify smoke
looks like white smoke, i always let it idle for 5 min after driving hard

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Originally Posted by AVOturboworld View Post
Do you park your car outside in a high humidity area? We've seen some turbo cars get a lot of condensation in the exhaust while sitting, causing a puff of smoke on startup.
i live in LI NY, humid and now its cold at night but warm during he day
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