hey guys, i am hoping someone here can help me.

over tha last couple of days when ever i would drive my car and she would come up to temp i would get a funny smell (something burning) anyways long story short i have worked out that it is the exhaust wrap burning behind my turbo as i have jusst seen it smoke.

on a scale of 1-10 how bad is this?


thanks guys

Sean .

If youve only just put on the heat wrap its normal for it to burn off a bit of residue for a few hours worth of driving.

If its been on for a while, it means something has dripped onto it and is burning off. Check for oil and coolant leaks around the turbo and cam cover gasket and bolt seals.

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Thanks for that man, yer it has been on there for awhile, just went and checked it then, and found some oil that had dripped down not sure where its comming from tho as my car still too hott to get in too close and have a feel around ...any ideas?

The usual culprit is the drivers side cam cover gasket and bolt seals. Heat from the up-pipe and turbo concentrated around there causes the gasket to get hard faster than the passenger side.

Once its cool, feel around under the head with your finger tips.

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Have had a better look now she has cooled down still not 100% but it seems to be comming from the turbo can't make out wear tho as there is heat shielding in the way

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Check the oil feed for the turbo and also the oil drain pipe.

You should be able to see the feed coming off the back of the head going through a banjo bolt and a metal feed pipe heading up to the top of the turbo.

But you'll have to feel around underneath the turbo for the oil drain.

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