Random clouds of white smoke from exhaust, Pure 800

[mkvloser]

Hi guys,

I'm starting to get pretty paranoid about this, can't seem to find an explanation. I'm noticing what seems to be a similar issue to Mishimoto catch can users, but I don't have one installed. Every once in a while at idle i'll see a random cloud of white smoke (smells like oil) coming from the left exhaust pipe. 5-10 seconds later it's gone. I have a Pure 800, MST Intake, and Titan downpipe. I know the Pure deletes part of the PCV system, but could that cause this much smoke? I'm waiting to hear back from Pure, sent them a video.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I only noticed it after the turbo went it. It's freaking me out more and more, but it's very infrequent and there's no smoke coming from the engine bay. It has me very worried for the turbo.


I've seen this which suggests it could be VGC... my car has 6k miles, how could that be the case?? No shot I'll be able to get that warrantied.

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[a90moe]

Hi guys,

I'm starting to get pretty paranoid about this, can't seem to find an explanation. I'm noticing what seems to be a similar issue to Mishimoto catch can users, but I don't have one installed. Every once in a while at idle i'll see a random cloud of white smoke (smells like oil) coming from the left exhaust pipe. 5-10 seconds later it's gone. I have a Pure 800, MST Intake, and Titan downpipe. I know the Pure deletes part of the PCV system, but could that cause this much smoke? I'm waiting to hear back from Pure, sent them a video.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I only noticed it after the turbo went it. It's freaking me out more and more, but it's very infrequent and there's no smoke coming from the engine bay. It has me very worried for the turbo.


I've seen this which suggests it could be VGC... my car has 6k miles, how could that be the case?? No shot I'll be able to get that warrantied.

For how long has it been installed

 

[Paolo]

Check the mods.
Good luck.

 

[mkvloser]

For how long has it been installed

almost two months.

 

[mkvloser]

Check the mods.
Good luck.

What do you mean? If I find oil in the chargepipe I still won't know where it's coming from.

 

[Dannyvandelft]

Oil is usually blue smoke. White is coolant. Sounds to me like you got coolant getting into your engine somewhere. Check the level.

 

[Dannyvandelft]

Hi guys,

I'm starting to get pretty paranoid about this, can't seem to find an explanation. I'm noticing what seems to be a similar issue to Mishimoto catch can users, but I don't have one installed. Every once in a while at idle i'll see a random cloud of white smoke (smells like oil) coming from the left exhaust pipe. 5-10 seconds later it's gone. I have a Pure 800, MST Intake, and Titan downpipe. I know the Pure deletes part of the PCV system, but could that cause this much smoke? I'm waiting to hear back from Pure, sent them a video.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I only noticed it after the turbo went it. It's freaking me out more and more, but it's very infrequent and there's no smoke coming from the engine bay. It has me very worried for the turbo.


I've seen this which suggests it could be VGC... my car has 6k miles, how could that be the case?? No shot I'll be able to get that warrantied.

After reading the article you pointed to, no of course it won't be warrantied. How much psi are you running? I wonder if the boost pressure is separating the head from the block. I'm pretty sure builders put in better studs to prevent that from happening. If it's separating under pressure, letting fluids in, and then you idle after the run, those fluids get burned off.

 

[mkvloser]

Oil is usually blue smoke. White is coolant. Sounds to me like you got coolant getting into your engine somewhere. Check the level.

Definitely not coolant. I know the smell of oil smoke all too well lol. Level is fine.

 

[mkvloser]

After reading the article you pointed to, no of course it won't be warrantied. How much psi are you running? I wonder if the boost pressure is separating the head from the block. I'm pretty sure builders put in better studs to prevent that from happening. If it's separating under pressure, letting fluids in, and then you idle after the run, those fluids get burned off.

Only 25psi max. Nowhere near enough for something like that to happen. The guys making 800+ don't even do studs. If that was the case I'd also be noticing at least some smoke from the engine bay, but there's nothing.

But yeah something that is letting fluid pool, then it burns off at idle.

 

[Ghostop]

Only 25psi max. Nowhere near enough for something like that to happen. The guys making 800+ don't even do studs. If that was the case I'd also be noticing at least some smoke from the engine bay, but there's nothing.

But yeah something that is letting fluid pool, then it

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have a little bit of oil that’s in the lower charge pipe , not sure if that’s normal. I’m also running verus Aos separator and Mishmoto catch can with pure800.

 

[GhostLE]

Did you bleed the turbo after installation?

 

[Calderon93]

Did you bleed the turbo after installation?

Only 25psi max. Nowhere near enough for something like that to happen. The guys making 800+ don't even do studs. If that was the case I'd also be noticing at least some smoke from the engine bay, but there's nothing.

But yeah something that is letting fluid pool, then it burns off at idle.

Just be cautious with your turbo. Mine(stock turbo) would smoke a bit. But it didn’t bother me as I thought it was minimal and I was pushing some power. Then while driving POOOOF ...white clouds and more white clouds. Checked my turbo and plenty of shaft play. So it was gone. Just keep an eye on it. Maybe have someone take a look around

 

[Ghostop]

Did you bleed the turbo after installation?

Which bleed process do you speak of?

 

[Frosty]

It sounds like the shaft seals could be shot already. I know this Pure turbos are considered remanufactured. What oil weight are you using?

 

[Bflood]

Which bleed process do you speak of?

I think he's referring to the coolant system of which you'd be having other, much larger, problems if that were the culprit.

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