T5R smoking

[lurchio2]

Hi. My 850 t5r has started smoking. It only smokes after it's been sat idling for a min. Blue smoke when you pull off. There is no smoke when normal driving. Or when on boost. No smoke on overrun. No smoke when started from cold. Definitely blue oil smoke. It never smoked at all before then suddenly started. Any ideas?

[t5 pete]

valve giuide seals i sawped a different head onto myne when i burnt a valve and this one has exactly the same symtoms as myne

[T5frankie]

Hi. My 850 t5r has started smoking. It only smokes after it's been sat idling for a min. Blue smoke when you pull off. There is no smoke when normal driving. Or when on boost. No smoke on overrun. No smoke when started from cold. Definitely blue oil smoke. It never smoked at all before then suddenly started. Any ideas?

my car has the same problem and after speaking to a volvo specialist he told me it was the turbo on its way out

[t5 pete]

my car has the same problem and after speaking to a volvo specialist he told me it was the turbo on its way out

Its got to be within the head on myne as it never smoked before i put the different head on

[Jamest5r]

I agree with pete on this one defo guide seals, i had the same problem and tried 3 different turbos

[leet5r]

what did ya do with the 18t james

[lurchio2]

If it was the valve seals wouldn't it smoke when started from cold after it's been left overnight. Cus there's no smoke at all on start up.

[T5frankie]

I agree with pete on this one defo guide seals, i had the same problem and tried 3 different turbos

well thats what i thought all along and chad and his mechanics said it was the turbo i described all the symptoms and he told me that it was the turbo which suggested to me thats why my peak bhp was at 4000rpm and why my second 1/8th on the strip is always crap

[T5frankie]

well i will know pretty soon which problem it was cos i am doing a turbo change

[JelT5]

If it was the valve seals wouldn't it smoke when started from cold after it's been left overnight. Cus there's no smoke at all on start up.

No mate. If it smoked on start up you'd probably be looking at the rings/ bottom end.
I have the same problem with mine; it is def not the turbo/ bottom end on mine.

I have to agree with Pete and James:
valve stem seals ftw lol

[Rnash2002]

Im going to say turbo as my 850 was doing this and the chap who bought it said it was the turbo and had it rebuilt.

[Jamest5r]

If its the turbo start the car from cold and leave it idleing, when the car warms up the turbo will start smoking and putting out lots of smoke(like the v70r i bought).

[Jamest5r]

what did ya do with the 18t james

Going to t5pete.

[T5frankie]

If its the turbo start the car from cold and leave it idleing, when the car warms up the turbo will start smoking and putting out lots of smoke(like the v70r i bought).

That's what he said it did lol

[nobananas]

Mine used to do exactly the same thing. Did a compression test and it was well down on number three. Pulled the head and there was bore wear like I've never seen !. Rebuilt the engine and turbo and it's been good ever since. Think you can have the same symptoms caused by more then one fault so it may be a case of fix cheapest first and repeat until okay. I trust the PCV is all clear.

[Jamest5r]

Hi. My 850 t5r has started smoking. It only smokes after it's been sat idling for a min. Blue smoke when you pull off. There is no smoke when normal driving. Or when on boost. No smoke on overrun. No smoke when started from cold. Definitely blue oil smoke. It never smoked at all before then suddenly started. Any ideas?


That's what he said it did lol


If the turbo seals had gone it would burning oil into the exhaust and smoking on boost etc, just my opinion through my own experiences.

[leet5r]

Going to t5pete.

boo hiss lol , ya got any more

[Jamest5r]

boo hiss lol , ya got any more

Yeah, on my v70r lol.

[t5 pete]

Yeah, on my v70r lol.

lol

[Volvostorm]

My had this problem too, it was worn bores :(

[leet5r]

Yeah, on my v70r lol.

want to sell it then mr ha