Loads Of White Smoke

[Gts4_76]

@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?

[mad082]

pull out the spark plugs. i bet you find one that is covered in oil (rather than all of them). i'm guessing that it is an engine failure rather than a turbo failure. turbo failure doesn't normally blow the dipstick out.

[boiracer]

yup sounds like your rings may have decided not too work anymore.

[San-Ni]

happend on mates sr20, dipstick out turned out low compression in only one of the cylinders, my moneys on your engine and not the turbo

[Gts4_76]

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 October 2, 2011 by burton_76

[mad082]

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]

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]

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]

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 October 2, 2011 by Galois

[Gts4_76]

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 October 2, 2011 by burton_76

[Gts4_76]

all paid for by insurance, upgrading engine kit from 2.5 to 2.6 yew!

[Hadouken]

what insurance?

[usmair]

all paid for by insurance, upgrading engine kit from 2.5 to 2.6 yew!

engine failure is covered by insurance?

is this one of extra insurance the dealers try n sell you??

[Gts4_76]

by the workshops insurance so they said?