Please Help - Blue Smoke!?!?

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

My LCR went in to have it's MOT this morning and it failed on a couple of VERY stupid things which can be sorted in seconds but it also came back with one very concerning advisory.......small amounts of BLUE SMOKE appearing!!!

Now from my limited amount of knowledge l'm asuming that the blue smoke will be caused from worn rings or worse....a damaged cylinder head! Any ideas or thoughts guys?

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Blue smoke is normall caused by oil and white smoke by water.

It could possibly be Rings or turbo seals?

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

Blue smoke is normall caused by oil and white smoke by water.

It could possibly be Rings or turbo seals?

How serious are these and should l stop driving it until its sorted?

Now l'm assuming both of these would have to be done by a garage? Any ideas how much l'd be looking at?

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

I have no idea to be honest I just know white is water and blue is oil...sorry.

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

I have no idea to be honest I just know white is water and blue is oil...sorry.

No worries, cheers for your help though chap...

 

[traumapat]

Have a look for the smoke yourself. Warm her up and let her idle for a few minutes, get a friend to rev the engine whilst you watch.

Search the forum for "blue smoke" youll find a few threads on this which should help

 

[kenboon]

Hope it's nothing too serious.

 

[MrBen2k7]

I thought blue smoke was turbo on the way out?

Sorry to be the barer of bad news... but I might well be wrong...

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

BALLS!!! A couple of friends have said they think it will be a new turbo too (which l REALLY can't afford at the minute!) but l was thinking/hoping it might just be the seals of the turbo that need replacing

Does anyone know of any tests l can run to figure out what it might be? l'm guna run a compression test later to establish whether its the rings or not, but l'm lost as to what else l can do to figure it out!

 

[Ibiza125]

BALLS!!! A couple of friends have said they think it will be a new turbo too (which l REALLY can't afford at the minute!) but l was thinking/hoping it might just be the seals of the turbo that need replacing

Yes you would just have to get the seals changed... but it still isn't a cheap job unfortunatly.

 

[kenboon]

There is a place in Derby that does Turbo Repairs, they may even have a 2nd hand one?. I think it's called The Turbo Centre. Not used them myself, but have seen them advertised before.

Ken

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

Yes you would just have to get the seals changed... but it still isn't a cheap job unfortunatly.

Any ideas on the £££???

 

[kenboon]

http://www.yell.com/b/The+Turbo+Centre-Turbochargers-Derby-DE12BU-4383793/index.html

Might be worth giving them a bell

Ken

 

[filbro]

I have used The Turbo Centre and would recommend their services. They supplied my hybrid.

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

I have used The Turbo Centre and would recommend their services. They supplied my hybrid.

How much did you pay, just so l have a guide as to how long l'm going to have to live off beans on toast!

 

[ChrisUK]

Is this not an excuse to get a bigger turbo

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

Is this not an excuse to get a bigger turbo

This is true, but l've just thrown out loads of cash on a holiday for me and the misses and l can barely afford to replace the wiper blades let alone put a bigger turbo on!

That said.......l might just take a cheeky look at the price options anyway...

 

[D_O_U_G_I_E]

Do what I did, get yourself a 0% credit card from Tesco, won't have to worry about it for the next 12 months then

haha Yeah......cheers for that Gavin!

 

[filbro]

£700 exchange 12 months ago

I think Backdraft are similar.

Std turbo was around £450, again based on exchange unit I think.

Hope you get sorted

 

[Big_daddy]

Do compression test done 1st to check piston/rings. Could be stem seals as well. Have you oil and water level checked as well.
Have ic pipin inspected for excess oil.