2001 3.0 Diesel white smoke from exhaust video

[powers1]

Originally Posted by balongbalong

no figures on the oil consumption since the car has been with the stealership for 8 months. oil they put it with the new turbo is of 0w30

yes, turbo is new, cost me over $2000 for it. new turbo was leaking oil to both inlet and outlet (intake and exhaust), intake manifold and exhaust full of oil and had to be re cleaned. my update is on the latest turbo that was installed since the 2nd brand new one was shot as well.

i'm thinking its between the coolant or oil as well, as they are the ones circulating inside the engine, however i still don't have much time with the car to test it further. once i get it back will carefully monitor the level.

as for fuel and its consumption, the same thing, i could not test different fuels and its consumption as vehicle is back at the stealership for addition problems they made with the car (they broke my PDC, door actuator, did not attach suspension, under chassis cover properly)

once all the small things are sorted, that's when i can monitor the gas, oil and coolant

thanks for sharing you input

You really need to determine whether its coolant or oil.!As you know ,its easy to differentiate !

You say the exhaust was cleaned!If oil went into the exhaust when turbo broke,then unless they put a new exhaust in ,you will always have oil residues in the exhaust for a while until it all blown out,no matter how they claimed to have cleaned it!

The other issue is finding out why they think the turbo broke?Dealers make a common mistake in replacing the turbo without analysing why!A reason for turbo breaking is poor lubrication and this usually means thats the oil inlet pipe to the turbo has a blockage!Seen it loads of times!
Good luck

[lassek]

A little thumb of rule:

White smoke : water in the combustion
Blue smoke : oil in the combustion
Black smoke : too rich! (too much gasoline vs. air)

[balongbalong]

Originally Posted by lassek

A little thumb of rule:

White smoke : water in the combustion
Blue smoke : oil in the combustion
Black smoke : too rich! (too much gasoline vs. air)

if i follow your rule of thumb then its not oil nor gas, its water given the smoke is really white when car is idle (just as seen on the video).

[balongbalong]

Originally Posted by powers1

You really need to determine whether its coolant or oil.!As you know ,its easy to differentiate !

You say the exhaust was cleaned!If oil went into the exhaust when turbo broke,then unless they put a new exhaust in ,you will always have oil residues in the exhaust for a while until it all blown out,no matter how they claimed to have cleaned it!

The other issue is finding out why they think the turbo broke?Dealers make a common mistake in replacing the turbo without analysing why!A reason for turbo breaking is poor lubrication and this usually means thats the oil inlet pipe to the turbo has a blockage!Seen it loads of times!
Good luck

the stealership concluded its oil for sure since the brand new blown turbo is leaking oil to the intake and exhaust.

you are correct with the stealers not analyzing what caused the two blown turbos. never gave me a concrete reason why the first turbo blew, but when the brand new turbo also blew, then they started to check what really caused this and said its blockage in the intubing that lead to increase in oil pressure to the turbo. similar part to yours, but sounds opposite of what you suggested. at any case logically, either too few or too many oil in any particular moving part can lead to premature wear, that is for sure.

anyway my update is after they have deblocked the intubing and installed another brand new turbo, that it still smokes.

brought the vehicle back to the stealers so momentarily could not do further testing.

thanks for the new angle on why the turbo blew, it seems likely that could be the cause.

in general however, it could even be both coolant and oil that is leaking.

lets see in the days to come.

thanks

[Rockmelon]

sounds like the last owner did not change engine oil timely causing engine blowby. if oil is leaking into the combustion chamber, an engine overhaul may be needed to replace the piston rings. good luck

[balongbalong]

Originally Posted by Rockmelon

sounds like the last owner did not change engine oil timely causing engine blowby. if oil is leaking into the combustion chamber, an engine overhaul may be needed to replace the piston rings. good luck

who said there was a last owner?

i have this X5 since new back in 2001, been religiously maintained at the proper check up intervals by dealers no less.

like i said, they already did look inside the engine and no problems were found internally with pistons, cyclinders, etc.

[Rockmelon]

[lassek]

Originally Posted by balongbalong

the stealership concluded its oil for sure since the brand new blown turbo is leaking oil to the intake and exhaust.

you are correct with the stealers not analyzing what caused the two blown turbos. never gave me a concrete reason why the first turbo blew, but when the brand new turbo also blew, then they started to check what really caused this and said its blockage in the intubing that lead to increase in oil pressure to the turbo. similar part to yours, but sounds opposite of what you suggested. at any case logically, either too few or too many oil in any particular moving part can lead to premature wear, that is for sure.

anyway my update is after they have deblocked the intubing and installed another brand new turbo, that it still smokes.

brought the vehicle back to the stealers so momentarily could not do further testing.

thanks for the new angle on why the turbo blew, it seems likely that could be the cause.

in general however, it could even be both coolant and oil that is leaking.

lets see in the days to come.

thanks

This is actually weird because I have never seen very white oil smoke? It always has a blue tint to it.. however speciel oil like tranny oil etc. maybe more white-ish, I am not sure. . (not that im saying its gearoil in you case.) But what kind of oil is the turbos runing on ? Engine oil ? seperate speciel oil ?

[balongbalong]

Originally Posted by lassek

This is actually weird because I have never seen very white oil smoke? It always has a blue tint to it.. however speciel oil like tranny oil etc. maybe more white-ish, I am not sure. . (not that im saying its gearoil in you case.) But what kind of oil is the turbos runing on ? Engine oil ? seperate speciel oil ?

turbo runs the same oil as the engine oil.

[lassek]

Originally Posted by balongbalong

turbo runs the same oil as the engine oil.

Hmmm ok, that just makes it even more strange! (white color)