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Old 06-06-2007, 06:03 PM
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Default Maybe my turbo's aren't blown? Basically I have a ton of white smoke coming out of my exhaust ever

since I changed my front O2 sensors (I know, blown snails and front O2's have nothing to do with one another). So today I got a chance to check the intercooler hoses and there's not a single drop of oil. How is this possible? What I thought was burnt oil in the form of smoke should at least leave some oil in the intercooler hoses... no? What else could this cloud of white smoke behind me be? Is it possible the oil is being leaked on only one side of the turbo? I'm confused!!
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Beware the blue smoke. White smoke is usually coolant or condensation. Are you losing any fluids?
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Default I've been checking the fluids and they look pretty normal... how could it be coolant? Where would it

enter through?
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Head gasket.
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Default oil on one side of the turbos

<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2659757.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2659757.phtml</a></li></ul>
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Is this realistic? Can you please explain the entry point for coolant via the head gasket?
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Do you even know what a Head Gasket does???
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Default very realistic. here, read this.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.misterfixit.com/headgskt.htm">http://www.misterfixit.com/headgskt.htm</a></li></ul>
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Default bummer - but i'm not really big on the test examples the guy gives. Would putting uv dye in the

coolant - let the car run (and mix all that crap up) - and then check for the presense of the dye on the dipstick work?
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Wait..................What????
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