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06-16-2003, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jakew131' date='Jun 16 2003, 08:24 PM
the smoke comes from the turbos, under the hood, and a guy i work with used to work on porsches and rebuild turbos and he checked them out for me, it only smokes from the exhaust when i first start it, other then that nothing..i do smell a sweet smelling smoke from under the hood comign from dircetly above the turbos so thats how i know its coolant.
the coolant smell above the turbos can be a couple of different things.
#1 there are 2 rubber hoses that connect to coolant hardpipes for the turbos
#2 Copper washers which connect the hardpipe to the turbo.. those can go bad and leak.. it happened to me.
#3 I'd check your downpipe/precat gasket for leakage of exhaust.
06-16-2003, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jakew131' date='Jun 16 2003, 08:25 PM
how do i check for exhaust bubbles in the coolant?
I'm leaning towards (A) has i have pointed out a couple things it could be.
06-16-2003, 11:31 PM
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the guy at my work said there is a seal in the turbo that hold the oil in and its probably old and cracked he's pretty sure of it cause after i put thinner oil in it, the turbos smoke alot more now, how hard was it to replace the copper gaskets in the hard pipes?
06-16-2003, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jakew131' date='Jun 16 2003, 08:31 PM
the guy at my work said there is a seal in the turbo that hold the oil in and its probably old and cracked he's pretty sure of it cause after i put thinner oil in it, the turbos smoke alot more now, how hard was it to replace the copper gaskets in the hard pipes?
The coolant copper washers will require you to remove your twinturbos and then you can disassemble the hardpipes and replace the washers.
I can try to take a picture of my old twins by the weekend for you showing you exactly what i'm talking about if you would like?
06-16-2003, 11:46 PM
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well there are lots of options.. rx-7store.net has a lot of different upgrades you can buy as do a lot of the other shops around the internet.
I'm using a T-78 with a GT79 upgraded wheel.. yet to drive it.. still doing install, waiting on gaskets and my FMIC.. I'll have pics of it soon. But for now you can fix that washer and the coolant problem will go away. Do you still make good boost 10-8-10?
I'm using a T-78 with a GT79 upgraded wheel.. yet to drive it.. still doing install, waiting on gaskets and my FMIC.. I'll have pics of it soon. But for now you can fix that washer and the coolant problem will go away. Do you still make good boost 10-8-10?