smoke at idle
 

Hi all, new to club and silvia ownership, just a quick question car runs fine no smoke at all when under load or at start up but if youve been driving at normal speeds using the turbo and then leave the car to tickover for about 2mins it will smoke like crazy! until you drive off when it will clear up almost instantly, im thinking turbo seals? any ideas, thanks.

Hi mate im a mechanic and see this alot when the turbo seals have gone especially in r5's which use the same t2 turbo

yep as above turbo seal

My Scimitar SST was doing this (same engine as the S12). A temporary fix that cured it for me was to turn up the idle a little bit (from 750rpm to just under 1000rpm). The turbo was replaced 30k miles ago by the previous owner so I'm loathed to do it again already. :p

Thanks for the quick responses, looks like i better get a rebuild kit! it cant be that hard or can it?

diy rebuild kits are not worth the aggro. they rarely work

and you cant balance the shaft. A recon turbo is around £250

see adzs for details lol.:D

If you know where i can get a recon turbo for £250 please let me know as im getting quotes of 4/500

i only payed £570 for a brand new not recon genuin garret t34.

Turbo repairs Blackpool
 

Try Jack@Turbo Repairs Blackpool 01253 407464 as long as yours is serviceable he can recon it for about £250 all in inc collection/delivery. He can make up any to your spec and can make a T2 hybrid ie with bigger compressor which I had and makes loads of difference. Good thing about the hybrid is that it fit a standard engine/pipes

http://www.turborepairs.com/parts.html

Yeah. Adz did a spot on job when her did his. Marked everything up and torqued the shaft nut correctly, Even then it only did a few hundred miles. Ebay kits just are not precise enough

found a local place for £300 exchange so will go for that one, getting the turbo out went ok up until one of the metal coolant pipes snapped! will probably get another made locally as cant see nissan having one, thanks for help all

F$%k mine does this too, I just thought it was just the zorst coz its blowing right next to it, bet my seals have gone too.

could of saved yourself £50 with Turbo repairs! :p