[urq] Burning huge amounts of oil after turbo rebuild and new EM after 6 months of use.

[Maurits Jonkergouw]

Hmmm, oil consumption is getting worse each week since april this year... Did a small test, perhaps you could comment on this:

Idle for 10 minutes > accelerate fast to 5000 RPM > huge cloud of smoke from the exhaust.

Guys, what does this mean? I'm very worried about this new 1 liter oil per 500 km thing.

Also checked the 'michelin hose' for oil by disconnecting it at the iglo and putting down a rubber flex hose all the way down to the turbo intake and pulled it out to see if there was some oil on it, which is not. Perhaps not the best way to check but didn't want to remove the tray below the bumper and disconnect the hose directly from the turbo intake...

Things that might be of importance: one of the oil cooler lines has been replaced, not sure it was exit or supply though. Turbo is a rebuild and valves are readjusted to spec. My old exhaust manifold was cracked and is replaced with Dialynx EM, all at the same time around december 2006. 

Before the EM swap there was a hose present from the iglo to the wastegate, but is now removed. The header on the iglo is capped off, the header on the wastegate is not capped. To my knowlidge the wastegate is now controlled by turbo pressure.

Another thing that I still don't understand: this is a GV engine, not WR, and the only difference is some of the exhaust is routed back and reburned or something like that to reduce CO. I've red that the original WR engine used exhaust pressure to control boost level, I'm not sure if the original GV uses the same technique and if the 'new' Dialynx method controlling boost  without exhaust pressure? (not sure how exactly boost level is controlled withe the Dialynx EM), interfers with the original GV method to reduce CO, in other words: this is bad or good.

Any comment or insights/thoughts are welcome, thanks.

Regards,
Maurits

1986 quattro GV
1982 Coupe GL DD