Subject	1 exhaust pipe still smoking a little after the "incident"
Posted by	evan_aggie on October 01, 2012 at 10:10 AM
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Message	Not sure if anyone recalls one of my previous posts, but long story short: in the process of resealing my oil pan (that part is apparently sucessful), i left a paper towel in the drain tube of my driver side turbo and it backed up oil both into the intake and the exhaust. I spoke with two authorized garrett turbo rebuilders, and they both said that the oil has no place to go but through some air passages between the housings, and it was a very low probability that I ruined any seals or damaged anything. Anyway, within the 1st few minutes of realizing the problem, I had smoke out of both tail pipes. After emptying the exhaust pipe and take the inlet pipes off and cleaning them out (and the turbo compressor housing with compressed air), I still have smoke on the driver side exhaust and it is only noticeable at idle. I have multiple questions. 1) Why am I no longer seeing oil out of both pipes? I have an X pipe? Does the air not mix enough to push smoke from one side to the other? 2) If I am only having some smoke out of one side, is that indicating that I may still have residual down in the muffler section of the driver side exhaust? 3) I took the TP off twice on the driver side to check for more oil residue and it was completely clean. I also checked the X pipe and saw no residue either.
Follow Ups	1 exhaust pipe still smoking a little after the "incident" - evan_aggie 10:10:01 10/01/12 Anyone? (n/m) - evan_aggie 13:18:37 10/02/12 I'm guessing that it is continuing to burn off.... - TTkeeper 17:10:33 10/02/12 white..definitely smells like oil. (n/m) - evan_aggie 19:53:48 10/02/12 Its a unique situation, so no specific experience. - Summeronthechain (MN) 13:35:15 10/03/12 Thanks. Oil level seems constant. I'm just surprised it - evan_aggie 22:09:14 10/03/12 I don't see how you could of got oil in the engine unless... - TTZ2NV(EPTmotorsports) 11:09:24 10/04/12 Those are good points. But, if oil was being pulled into - evan_aggie 13:46:05 10/04/12 Re: Those are good points. But, if oil was being pulled into - mpmarino 19:01:35 10/04/12 Maybe so. I never did attempt to drain the muffler, b/c - evan_aggie 23:24:20 10/04/12 Doesn't the passenger turbo feed the driver side cylinders.. - TTZ2NV(EPTmotorsports) 10:30:18 10/05/12 Oh, good call actually: well, the balance tube may actually - evan_aggie 15:51:02 10/05/12
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