[Biturbos4] White smoke

[Grant Lenahan]

I was afraid of that too.

Did you get hard on the boost when cold? That's death for any turbo motor.

I hope not, but the turbos are the most fragile part of the 2.7 motor.

Grant

Tuan Nguyen wrote:
> Sounds like you have a case of blown turbos.
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> *From:* biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com 
> [biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com] On Behalf Of Aurangzeb M. Agha 
> [ama at mltp.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 12:22 PM
> *To:* Grant Lenahan
> *Cc:* Bi-Turbo Audi S4 Audi Fan Group; ama-list at mltp.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Biturbos4] White smoke
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> Hi Grant -- *Definately* not steam!  It lingers (and smells like 
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> burning).
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> And, as I accelerated down a street after getting off the freeway, left a
> trail of smoke that made some of the cards 50+ yards back impossible to
> see clearly in the rear-view mirror.
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>         Aurangzeb
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> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Grant Lenahan wrote:
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> :White smoke?  Do you mean steam?  Does it dissipate or linger?
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> :If its steam, it is either condensation boiling off ( hope this is 
> true) or
> :water entering the cylinder via either the turbo bearing or the head 
> gasket -
> :other places the high pressure typically keeps it OUT under acceleration.
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> :Incidentally, ELF excellium full-tech NF 5W40 is excellent oil.
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> :Grant
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