i have an 02 wrx it started smokin alittle bit when it sits at idle for like 3 mins yesterday i was idling and acually smelled oil burning from the exhaust and it was smoking rather good, has anyone ever heard of valve seals going bad on thse cars or rings gone bad.....or do they have a rather crappy turbo, all i have done is a full exhaust up pipe down pipe no cats 3 in all the way out the back and a utec could somone let me know what maybe is leaking

 

nah no coolant definatly smells like oil but i check my oil all the time and it never reads low none of the fluids are low but it defintaly smells like oil

 

ok this is whats wierd theres 50k on the car but only about 10k on the turbo but i think anything can happpen i guess

 

Yeah, I say check the turbo.

 

how would u check the turbo pull the intake boot off that isnt the easiest thing to do but the rubber boot is definatly contaminated with oil since it is very soft

 

Pull the dipstick while it's running, is there any smoke coming out?

Mike

 

As ImpalaSSAutoX learned at the Auto X about 2 weeks ago, check all the inlet and outlet tubes for oil from the turbo. Some leaks into the DP and it goes out the back and makes a pretty good smoke show. When cold pull the heatshield and tighten EVERYTHING. Then if that doesnt work then go to MPJ and they will fix it for you.

Good Luck
WRX Rush

 

mpj looks lik ethey one west coast im on the far east coast thats not gonna happen ill tighten everything and well see what that does but it only does it when the car sits for a few minutes Its kinda wierd

 

EEW BLOWBY!! thats what its called right? caused by bad piston rings?

 

Somebody was paying attention in that chatroom today then huh

Mike

 

Hi,

I've also got smoking from my tailpipe. One year old 2004 WRX wagon with about 14,500 miles on her. No modifications. Oil changed every 3k, hardly ever driven hard. I live in NYC and do a bit of city driving, but not on a daily basis.
I noticed the smoke at idle too. Never seen it otherwise, but I don't suppose I would see it if it were smoking and I was going 60 down the interstate.
I wasn't in the chatroom the other day, but "blowby" from the rings REALLY concerns me. Are you suggesting that if I pull the dipstick while the engine is running and smoke comes out of the whole, I've got worn rings? And if I don't, it may have to do with the ducting to the turbo? I get my oil changed at Metric Subaru in Long Island, I haven't had them look at this yet. Good dealer to have them deal with it?
Many thanks,

David

 

My stock '03 smoked after only 3000 miles. I should've taken it into the dealer but I couldn't reproduce the problem. It does it regularly now after running idle for a few minutes; I've got a fully catless exhaust, I also hear a dropping sound that sounds like something is dripping in the downpipe. I'm thinking oil is dropping down in there and burning.

 

well wow i poseted this on march 30th or so and now its may 18th somone told me it could be the turbo so i was gonna change it anyway i took the stock turbo out and put in a vf34 with some injectors a new utec and pump been unning my car since and never smoked yet so i was lead to belive the oil seals in the turbo were leaking


not sure if thats the same prob you are havin or what but the stock turbo i had in there only had about 16k on it and it was off of an 03