Official Mt.Madonna Thread!
Originally Posted by runboyrun
at least you arnt the one wondering what noise is coming from their wheel and finding out that they lugs are finger tight haha
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So today I checked my oil level and it was below the low mark....idk whats going on but im continuously losing oil over time. Im not quite sure where I should be checking for leaks but I did notice alot of dark residue to the right of my turbo...any thoughts?
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Make sure the oil feed line for your turbo isn't leaking. It's not uncommon for modded subies to slowly lose oil. I've read about a lot of people having to add oil in between oil changes. My wife's van has a mystery oil loss issue as well, no oil on the driveway and no smoke it's the strangest thing....
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Make sure the oil feed line for your turbo isn't leaking. It's not uncommon for modded subies to slowly lose oil. I've read about a lot of people having to add oil in between oil changes. My wife's van has a mystery oil loss issue as well, no oil on the driveway and no smoke it's the strangest thing....
ill hafta take a closer look when I change the oil tomarrow or friday
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I usually have to put a quart of oil on my car when i was using vslvoline synpower every oil change randomely it would puff a blue smoke(oil) on cold start up. I think oil getting pass turbo seals. I just recently switch to rotella no more blue smoke at start up. And so far 600 miles in havent loss oil.
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Still not running right? You get it out to GST?
I've got a pretty full load right now but I can try to get out there to take a look at it.
From everything you said as far as all the checks I told you to do I don't think it's totally borked but I one possibility is that when you over boosted you pushed out a piece of the head gasket. Like it's not totally shredded but it's getting there.
Blowing that much smoke is a sign of coolant getting where it shouldn't.
But I haven't looked at it and I'm not a master mechanic/tuner. I'd get it in to a tuner asap even if it's just to put your mind at rest. They may be able to give you a diagnostic in just a few minutes.
I thought my motor was jacked and it took Tommy about 3 seconds to diagnose the problem and less than 2 hours to fix it. (timing belt issue).
I've got a pretty full load right now but I can try to get out there to take a look at it.
From everything you said as far as all the checks I told you to do I don't think it's totally borked but I one possibility is that when you over boosted you pushed out a piece of the head gasket. Like it's not totally shredded but it's getting there.
Blowing that much smoke is a sign of coolant getting where it shouldn't.
But I haven't looked at it and I'm not a master mechanic/tuner. I'd get it in to a tuner asap even if it's just to put your mind at rest. They may be able to give you a diagnostic in just a few minutes.
I thought my motor was jacked and it took Tommy about 3 seconds to diagnose the problem and less than 2 hours to fix it. (timing belt issue).
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I usually have to put a quart of oil on my car when i was using vslvoline synpower every oil change randomely it would puff a blue smoke(oil) on cold start up. I think oil getting pass turbo seals. I just recently switch to rotella no more blue smoke at start up. And so far 600 miles in havent loss oil.
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Make sure the oil feed line for your turbo isn't leaking. It's not uncommon for modded subies to slowly lose oil. I've read about a lot of people having to add oil in between oil changes. My wife's van has a mystery oil loss issue as well, no oil on the driveway and no smoke it's the strangest thing....
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