guess my turbo seals are toast

[ms3guy22]

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[evilmonkeyMSP]

wow, thats bad...

 

[laloosh]

what are you mods?

 

[silverspeed03]

Hopefully Mazda realizes that this is a design flaw and issues a recall.

 

[Haltech]

I would say your right, which sucks. What are your mods on your cosmo?

 

[ms3guy22]

dp, test pipe, ms cai, turbosmart bpv

 

[BHOUST528]

yea i would agree your seals are going...Do you not let the car run a few min before shut down after you have ran it..Doing so can prolong the life of any turbo or they could have failed due to a manufacture defect simply just a bad part so bout your luck hope all works out for you

 

[Nutari]

dp, test pipe, ms cai, turbosmart bpv

which brands?

All catalytic converters gone?

 

[desperado-c]

which brands?

All catalytic converters gone?

Yeah, no cats. I thought this was just b/c of the floating seals on our turbo. Take out the cats and smoke gets through that you don't notice with the cats. Haven't there been 4-5 threads on this?

Okay, so I was just looking at this same thread on the other forum. Concensus seems to be the lower backpressure of having no cats allows the floating seals to leak a little oil. So putting the cats or a cat back on stops it again. I think. But, also, I thought I read that the floating seals are superior to non-floating ones. I hope somebody can clear this up.

 

[oskinosmee]

Sucks damn im sorry to see this

 

[palerider]

How often does this do this and how long does your car idle before it starts? Do you run it hard before this as well?

I installed my exhaust last Friday and the next day I got smoke, and then again this morning..... 6 days later. I cant put a finger on what I do to cause it.... other than both times were after heavy boosting of 10-15 minute runs. I dont think the turbo is doing anything differently then it did. It does seem to be a design issue on the turbo.

 

[ms3guy22]

txs dp and test pipe and yes all are gone