Ok after driving my 03 wrx up the road to get gas i saw smoke pouring out of the scoop and when i openedmy hood my turbo was smoking and smelled like it was about to burn and i didnt drive through water....anyone ever have this problem or have any idea what would cause it.

 

oil or coolent leak....what did it smell like?

 

smelled like metal on metal....but it hasnt done it again...and i drove it all over today....maybe it was a freak thing im going to subaru mon so hopefully theyll know something.

 

Mods?

 

stock....nothing but a k&N filter

 

hm, thats odd. best thing to do would be to drive carefully and let the dealer take care of it. since you dont have anything that can void warranty, it shouldn't be a problem.

 

yea that what i was gonna do...another quick question any one wrx burn oil but not smoke?

 

Where there is smoke, there is fire, where there is fire there is a fuel source (i.e. oil) A car burning oil and not smoking would just be plain leaking oil.

I am thinking that one of your oil to and return from your turbo is a bit off, it happend to a friend of mine, but if you are under warranty take it to SOA and have them fixie. Good Luck

Austin

 

thanks for your help

 

If the smoke was very white, perhaps even a little sweet, its coolant. I've had this before, even before I took the turbo off for the first time. I found this most happened a few blocks after a cold start.