signia
Sunday 9th April 2006, 14:20
Hi all,
Mate of mine noticed this morning as I pulled away, what he described as white smoke from the exhaust. I got home and had a look and it appeared that it was just condensation. If you put your hand infront of the exhaust water just appeared on your hand.
But whilst I was revving the engine, I heard the car sort of breath in on lift off from the thottle. Almost like a dump valve, not as whistley or that loud.
It might have always done this. I think it's the first time I've had the bonnet up whilst giving it some throttle.
Anyway, I was sort of putting two and two together.
If my exhaust diagnosis was incorrect, and the breathing noise isn't normal, could there be a problem with the turbo? I've heard blown turbos can cause white smoke. :confused:
There's no problem with performance. Still pulls as good as ever. It only had the 3yr service at the end of Feb, so I'm sure they would have said. Or if there was a turbo pressure problem a fault message would come up maybe?
I know a lot of you guys have turbos, and my knowledge of them is limited, so I'd appreciate any thoughts.
Cheers.
Mate of mine noticed this morning as I pulled away, what he described as white smoke from the exhaust. I got home and had a look and it appeared that it was just condensation. If you put your hand infront of the exhaust water just appeared on your hand.
But whilst I was revving the engine, I heard the car sort of breath in on lift off from the thottle. Almost like a dump valve, not as whistley or that loud.
It might have always done this. I think it's the first time I've had the bonnet up whilst giving it some throttle.
Anyway, I was sort of putting two and two together.
If my exhaust diagnosis was incorrect, and the breathing noise isn't normal, could there be a problem with the turbo? I've heard blown turbos can cause white smoke. :confused:
There's no problem with performance. Still pulls as good as ever. It only had the 3yr service at the end of Feb, so I'm sure they would have said. Or if there was a turbo pressure problem a fault message would come up maybe?
I know a lot of you guys have turbos, and my knowledge of them is limited, so I'd appreciate any thoughts.
Cheers.