First sign of a leaking rear piston ring in a turbo. Next it will start doing it a little at start up.

 

igy..... does that explain why i have clouds of smoke when i start my car for about 5 mins?

 

probably, if it's oil smoke, yes.

 

yeah def. oil smoke....



do you think its any hazard to the engine when a car smokes like that?

 

Thanks guys thats what I was thinking it was. I had a 323 Gtx and god the turbo in that thing would smoke soooo bad all the time on boost off boost start up its the worst. Anyway looks like ill be able to pull my turbo's and finally be able to do FULL non-sequentail with wastegate porting and all. Who should I get to rebuild them I am lenaing towards cheapturbo.com

 

The oil is basically just going into the exhaust and burning off, so the only problem for the engine would be if you don't check your oil and run out.