Blue Smoke

[Deleted Member S]

Hi guy's :smile: on start up i'm getting blue smoke from the exhaust, this stops untill I rev it to about 1.5K & then I get a puff of smoke again, but at a constant 2K revs it seem clear :roll: She also drinks a bit of oil which has'nt bothered me as all my cars have. I don't know if it could be valve stem seals or the turbo as I did find a bit of oil resadue in the intercooler a while back, but what has got me with this is the truck has only done 69K :roll: I'm going to remove the pipe from the inlet side of the turbo if/when it stops raining to see if their is any play on the blades.

Any advise will be most greatfull :smile:
Thanks

Neil

 

[Deleted Member S]

Well i've been out to check the play on the turbo blades & there is none I can feel but did find some oil :roll: I then check the breather pipe which go's into the pipe from the air box to turbo (Don't ask why I did it I just did :roll: ) & their was quite a bit of oil in the pipe 8O :? :?
I'm now stuck on where to check/do next

 

[Toolbox]

Sweety,
The breather should go in to a valve to the right of the head (little black plastic canister) any oil should drain from the bottom of this, back to the sump, I think there is a valve in the top and possibly a gauze in there to. I would remove this and check for any blockages back to the sump also see if you can take it apart and give it a good clean out.
I must admit it’s a job I have been meaning to do on mine and have yet to get around to, so let us know how you get on.

 

[Deleted Member S]

Sweety,
The breather should go in to a valve to the right of the head (little black plastic canister) any oil should drain from the bottom of this, back to the sump, I think there is a valve in the top and possibly a gauze in there to. I would remove this and check for any blockages back to the sump also see if you can take it apart and give it a good clean out.
I must admit it’s a job I have been meaning to do on mine and have yet to get around to, so let us know how you get on.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there m8 :smile: I was thinking the same, i'll have a look to see if I can get it a part if not i'm going to fit a oil catch tank like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ROUND-OIL...ryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
A new member Scooter had the same prob & after fitting one the smoke stopped :smile: Thanks again for the PM Scooter 8)

 

[Toolbox]

Can you check the link Sweety please, it dont seem to work and Im interested to see.

 

[Deleted Member S]

Oooops this should work hopefully. I know alot of turbo cars use them & it's something shiney under the bonnet :lol: :lol:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ROUND-OIL...ryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Deleted Member S]

Sweety,
The breather should go in to a valve to the right of the head (little black plastic canister) any oil should drain from the bottom of this, back to the sump, I think there is a valve in the top and possibly a gauze in there to. I would remove this and check for any blockages back to the sump also see if you can take it apart and give it a good clean out.
I must admit it’s a job I have been meaning to do on mine and have yet to get around to, so let us know how you get on.

Hi Toolbox :smile: well I took off the valve today & opened up the top of it, inside there is a rubber diafram & a spring I cleaned it up & stretched the spring a bit. when I came to refit the top it would'nt stop on :evil: so in the end I superglued it on :lol: I blew down the breather pipes & they all seamed fine :smile: I phoned Nissan for the price of a replacement valve unit & gave them the part number & the guy on the phone told me to sit down as it was £161 & I think VAT had to be added aswell 8O 8O 8O so i'm going to run it for a few days to see if it gets better if not i'll be going for an oil catch tank as it's alot cheeper than a valve

 

[Toolbox]

Blimey that’s a bit steep for that. Was there any gauze in it Sweety?

 

[Deleted Member S]

Well I fitted my oil catch tank today So hopefully in the next few days or weeks any oil left in the induction system will find it's way out :roll: As it was dark when I finished you could make out the oil gas/steam coming out of the breather filter with the tourch light 8O :lol: :lol: