I took the pipe off the turbo and there is a bit of oil in the pipe but not much. Not looked at the intercooloer side yet. Could the exhaust manifold blowing quite bad have anything to do with it? The smoke is like a white colour but does have a bit of an oil smell to it. I know this might sound silly but what do you mean by the outlet pipe?
Hi Andy (hope I got that right?) your symptoms are not at all unusual and are often down to one of the following:
1. Fuel sedimenter full of crâp - to investigate this you will need an 11mm ring spanner and a 2ltr ice cream tub or similar to catch any spilt fuel.
Get under the car and locate the fuel sedimenter, feel the top of the unit and find the 11mm bolt and undo it. The sedimenter bowl is often stuck onto it's rubber seal so it needs a tap with a rubber mallet or similar to detach it. Have your catch tank ready as there will be fuel !!! Once you have removed the bowl there will be no further fuel running out, so don't worry you won't empty the contents of your tank all over your drive
Almost certainly there will be a sort of mayonnaise/raw egg looking stuff in the bowl - clean thoroughly and reinstall.
Run the engine on a high tickover, about 1500rpm should do it, so that the system purges all the air out.
Now try a run in the vehicle - problem cured or not?
If no, continue down the list:
2. Locate the turbo and the rubber elbow pipe coming off the bottom of it. Undo the clips and remove the rubber elbow. Examine it carefully for any splits or breaking up (delamination) on the inside. If all looks good, reinstall. If you have ANY doubts about it's condition, replace it.
3. Now check the other rubber hoses that go between the other end of the metal pipe and the bottom on the intercooler and the pipe that goes between the top of the intercooler and the inlet manifold. This may be made entirely of rubber or, if the vehicle still has it's EGR valve (disc looking thing on the exhaust manifold) the top pipe will be part rubber and part metal.
4. If the exhaust manifold is blowing between the block and the manifold this needs resolving. It may be that a retaining nut has come loose in which case tighten it up and check for leaks. Alternatively, you will need to replace the exhaust manifold gasket. To do this you need to remove both the inlet and exhaust manifolds as the gasket is in one piece for both elements.
Once done, road test and see if problem remains - yes or no? If yes go to next step:
5. The last thing I can think of is the fuel lift pump. These are cheap to buy and easy to replace, taking perhaps 30 mins and £20. I suggest this as poor performance is sometimes caused by poor fuel delivery and by this stage you will have done pretty much everything else in the fuel delivery chain.
Best of luck and let us know how you get on
Cheers
Dave
