smoke at idle

[carty672]

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.

[carrottop]

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

[PukkaSilvia]

yep as above turbo seal

[SST_Ti]

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.

[carty672]

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

[PukkaSilvia]

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

[northerner]

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

[s13eater]

see adzs for details lol.

[carty672]

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

[s13eater]

Originally Posted by carty672

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.