[quote=Hobie]I’m not familier with your engine so this is a guess. Are you sure there coolent to the turbo? Maybe it is upstream that is leaking and since turbo is down low is could be pooling and burning off creating smoke. But again, turbo gets hot pretty quick and I would guess that vaporizes fairly quickly.
Plus, you probably would notice more coolent loss than a drip or two. hmm
Ya know…..
Suppose you had a leaking valve guide or turbo oil line and it dripped oil down and ended up in the turbo when engine off. Since the oil wasn’t burned the the cyldender it would heat up in the turbo and make whitish smoke just as mentioned an external oil leak onto a hot manifold, but this would still be internal and come out the pipe!
Unless it is a huge leak, after it burns it off it should run clean. And your coolent drip is a small external drip. Nothing more.
Bet new smog guy is all you need. Fingers crossed.[/quote]
Hmm good points…. Yes, literally the drip is maybe one drop every few hours or something like that.
There does seem to be a “burn off”….If I drive the car for 30-40minutes, I don’t get this nice white puff of smoke. I’m pretty sure it’s not condensation though. The nice white puff only happens on a really high rev and only within the first 15-20 minutes from startup…
Oh well, I’ll flog the car a bit and take it to another smog guy.
