1.8T clouds of white smoke
 

Hi a 1.8T that when revved emits white smoke but o idle we think nothing (turbo) ?

Does this happen when the engine is cold or at all times?

White 'smoke' indicates moisture.

sorry should have said oil and water fine no mayo and not using any, also head rebuilt and new turbo fitted a few months back, smoke at all times

When the new turbo was fitted, did you replace the oil feed pipes?

don't know all the head work was done by garage, update today managed to get some time to work on it so coolant in no3 cylinder from belt end, inlet manifold off and new gasket fitted and same result although not as much steam, so going back out to take the manifold off completely and test to see if it is warped or the mating face is, anything else to check as its running sweet bar this ?
Thanks

anything like this ? :duh::o

before new turbo
https://i.imgur.com/Dym3oVe.mp4


After new turbo, before oil burnt away ..


https://i.imgur.com/7lxspzu.mp4

I thought the turbo but having the water only in no.3 cylinder, I can dry it out and run for a few minutes and take the spark plug out and have coolant back in the cylinder

Oil in Combustion Chamber is HG or Valve seals. or rare its piston rings

Coolant in Cylinder can only be ? :eek:

inlet gasket as you said or the Dreaded Hg ..

Unfortunately just because a garage did it . doesn't mean its been done right :duh:, more often than not they do it wrong ?

Ours had failed about 20k down the line from a garage repair and found they had put in the wrong gasket for the liner heights on our car .


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Robti.
I didn't get an answer but now it's obviously steam.----:shower:

Sorry would say steam

Sorry what’s the difference between combustion chamber and cylinder, water is sitting on top of piston, took the spark plug out and dipped it to find the water
Arg okay my fault didn’t read the post right, sorry

From what you said, I'd try an inlet manifold gasket first. Not that difficult to fit, but a bit fiddly. I always fit the Rimmers IMG (#LKJ1001110) as they are a lot fatter and give a better seal imo.

thanks told him(my brother) this and he agrees that the gaskets he has been fitting are on the thin side, so he is going to order that one from rimmers and is also now looking for a runner just in case
Thanks

FYI here's a comparison between the black Rimmer's IMG and a typical green type. Note how much fatter the Rimmer's one is:

https://i.imgur.com/y6LzYLg.jpg