rotaryinspired

Mine was a blueish grey smoke. At first I thought it was coming from where the turbos and the exhaust manifold attach, but after I started the car and watched it run I finally figured it out. Watch your temp. and oil pressure and let the car run for 10 to 20 min. Mine smelled like something was buring so it worried me a bunch. It took about 3 or 4 min when the car was almost up to operating temp. for the car to smoke. Sounds similar to what you are experiencing. I think we read to many bad things happening to these cars because people don't properly care for them, so we expect the worst when we work on them. My 2nd gens could have caught on fire and I still would have drove it, but if my 3rd gen make a funny squeek I am worried about it. Good luck and keep us posted.

eyecandy

[quote name='rotaryinspired' date='Jun 7 2005, 07:04 PM']Mine was a blueish grey smoke. At first I thought it was coming from where the turbos and the exhaust manifold attach, but after I started the car and watched it run I finally figured it out. Watch your temp. and oil pressure and let the car run for 10 to 20 min. Mine smelled like something was buring so it worried me a bunch. It took about 3 or 4 min when the car was almost up to operating temp. for the car to smoke. Sounds similar to what you are experiencing. I think we read to many bad things happening to these cars because people don't properly care for them, so we expect the worst when we work on them. My 2nd gens could have caught on fire and I still would have drove it, but if my 3rd gen make a funny squeek I am worried about it. Good luck and keep us posted.


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I think I am going to need to remove them due to coolant leak (I think) somewhere on the turbos. Its been running for close to an hour now and it still smokes. I am going to try and let it idle alittle more and see what happens. BTW I do not see any coolant dripping from around the turbos, which is very odd.

rotaryinspired

Well I wouldn't be shocked if you didnt find anything becuase your scenario sounds real familiar to my experience. How much smoke? oil pressure and temp good? drive it around the block and see if it still smokes a bunch and if you can see any leaks.