850 turbo blowing out large amounts of white smoke help
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Just got my car washed as I am leaving it starts spewing out large amounts of white smoke I do not think it is water since my wife told me it was doing it before the wash any clue as to what it might be? Any help is appreciated thanks
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Not really. Do you have a video of it?
Usually large amouts of white smoke indicates that the car has a bad head gasket and coolant is getting into the oil or combustion chamber and going out the exhaust. You can shut the car off, wait till the exhaust cools off, stick your finger in it or smell it to see if it smells like coolant.
- Check your coolant level to see if it's low.
- Drain a little of your oil out to see if it looks like chocalate milk.
Usually large amouts of white smoke indicates that the car has a bad head gasket and coolant is getting into the oil or combustion chamber and going out the exhaust. You can shut the car off, wait till the exhaust cools off, stick your finger in it or smell it to see if it smells like coolant.
- Check your coolant level to see if it's low.
- Drain a little of your oil out to see if it looks like chocalate milk.
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More than the car is worth. At the dealer likely about $3,200, at a indi shop that does Volvo's about $1,800 to $2,400.
You can do it yourself for about $800 unless you get a head out of a junk yard, in that case you can likely do it for under $400.
Take it one step at a time. See if there is coolant loss or coolant in the oil. There is a chance that the smoke is not white but greyish and it could be an oil leak in the turbo or something.
You can do it yourself for about $800 unless you get a head out of a junk yard, in that case you can likely do it for under $400.
Take it one step at a time. See if there is coolant loss or coolant in the oil. There is a chance that the smoke is not white but greyish and it could be an oil leak in the turbo or something.
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Looks blue-ish to me as well. Like Art said, look in the oil cap to see how the oil looks there. I'm not sure where you are located but in cold weather it's not uncommon for the coolant in the bottle to be a little low due to temperature expansion.
Crank the car and open the oil cap, it the oil looks good in there you may be fine on the head gasket.
If your vacuum system is plugged up in these turbo cars, they can start blowing oil at any time. When was the last time your PCV system was serviced/replaced?
It can also be a turbo seal leak. Grey or blue-ish smoke is usually oil. My car was smoking a few months ago and it was 1 vacuum elbow torn causing vacuum to pull oil into the turbo.
Crank the car and open the oil cap, it the oil looks good in there you may be fine on the head gasket.
If your vacuum system is plugged up in these turbo cars, they can start blowing oil at any time. When was the last time your PCV system was serviced/replaced?
It can also be a turbo seal leak. Grey or blue-ish smoke is usually oil. My car was smoking a few months ago and it was 1 vacuum elbow torn causing vacuum to pull oil into the turbo.
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The oil pan bolt is a 17mm.
A quick way to check your PCV system is to start the car, let it warm up, pull the oil dip stick out a little and see if it blows smoke out of the dip stick tube.
If it's clogged real bad it won't smoke. The best way to check it is to put a rubber glove over the oil filler hole, start the car and see if it blows up the glove. It should suck the glove in a little not blow it up.
A quick way to check your PCV system is to start the car, let it warm up, pull the oil dip stick out a little and see if it blows smoke out of the dip stick tube.
If it's clogged real bad it won't smoke. The best way to check it is to put a rubber glove over the oil filler hole, start the car and see if it blows up the glove. It should suck the glove in a little not blow it up.
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