i know im kind of late with this whole issue but i was having the same problem with smoke coming out the exhaust after beng under boostthen idleing. i took it to the dealership (with my mods on) and they duplicated it. They ordered new turbo, gasket and everything and is going to fix it under warranty. hopefully i get a good turbo and the problem goes away. if it doesnt, hey, i got a new turbo out of the deal. =) but i dropped off the car today. they are overnight frieght shipping it and said it should be done by tomorrow evening. outstanding service. ill post again when i get the car back.
you think this problem would cause lost of HP and TQ?
errrr... thats does not make me feel good inside at all... i really hope it doesnt smoke up again. i was lucky to even get my car worked on at this dealer. they hooked me up pretty well. i guess ill just have to wait till tomorrow to find out how it goes. if it happens again i doubt ill take it back to mazda to get a new turbo. ill just get the gt28r turbo and the cpe standback ecu and tune it. in any case. ill definately update when ig et my car back. *fingers crossed*
they did care abuot the mods. but not as much as i thought they would. and being in the military helped too, i guess. the service advisor was prior navy or army i believe.
2007
vibrant tbe
23k
car let out white smoke the second i got the exhaust installed and has not stopped since... i got the exhaust from loloosh and he had no problems concerning smoke coming out of it... guess i was the unlucky one.. i called wayne mazda telling them about this problem and they said they have never heard of that happening on a mazdaspeed3 before.... i know they lying...
dudes, my car smoked while gettin oild changed and engine flush at Lube Express. The guy drained my oil, then he put this liquid in my engine, then he added oil ( i dont know how much) then he told me to start my car. then i started to smoke and nearly filled up the place with smoke. F**kin idiot told me that it smoked before when it didnt. he tried to tell me that all ms3 that comes there smokes. He drained the mix and put oil in it. I made sure he only put enough so the oil didnt go over the max line. He filled it with 5.5Q i just hurried up leavin there and i'm never comin back. i was drivin and it was smokin hard that cars behind me tried to dodge it. i made a couple stops to check the exhaust and it was smokin less and less with each stop, by the time i drove about 5 miles, smokin disappeared. I was so relieved. That idiot probably filled it with too much fluid and oil. But I havent see the smoking since then and it's been 3 days. I'm thinkin maybe some of it got through the piston rings and caused the smoke.
Would this prove that my turbo seals are ok? cause when one factor (overfill) is present it smoked...take that factor out (filled with right amount of oil) and smoke disappears. Cause if it smoked all along then it would have showed up long time ago. I only have 1 cat and it's high flow.
