Smoking '89 200tq - newturbo

Britt Crowell britt at fortcollins.com
Fri Jul 23 17:20:50 EDT 2004


OK about a year ago I blew up a turbo in my '89 200tq (mc1 engine)
I replaced it with a junkyard turbo (which turned out to be a K-24)
and it still smoked a lot to where I couldn't drive it.
The original turbo shaft had actually broke in half and puked like a quart of oil in like a min. in to the exhaust.
So I got another turbo from Chris Simple (K26 this time) and put it in this weekend.
Found some oil in the pipe between my intercooler and the turbo from the K24.

So when I first started it it ran good and no smoke.
Went to drive it around yesterday and after a few miles when it warmed up it started smoking again. When I got back close to my house I got on it one good time and left a big cloud.
When the turbo first went I did compression test on the engine and all was good.
The engine still runs good! 
Doesn't seem to be eating any oil really the short distance I've driven it.

My though was maybe I got a lot of oil in my cat and I need to replace it (er beat it empty)
A friend mentioned washing out my intercooler too.

Today I turned it on and let it idle for 20-30 min and no smoke till I started to drive it around the block a bit spraying for mosquitoes.

Any one have some BTDTs?

Britt 


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