smoke from exhaust on turbo Geo Storm

I installed an oil catch can, the PCV valve was stuck shut, causing the crank case pressure to push the oil back up the turbo oil return. The oil would squeeze through the turbo journal bearings and leak into the turbine houseing. Once I fixed the PCV valve, the smoke stopped.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• turbo
• geo
• storm
• exhaust
• smoke
• PCV
• valve
• oil
• catch
• can

[go0dmagnu5]

When the car was smoking with the bad pcv valve, was it also bad under throttle, or was the smoke relatively clear?

[Robie01]

under throttle, the smoke for the most part went away. as soon as I was at idle (manifold under vacuum), it would start smoking again

[snspusher]

dude how long did it take for the oil to burn up threw the exhaust pipes? cause i had my pcv valve replaced but its still lightly smoking under acceleration, im just waiting to burn all the oil thats stuck in the pipes

[Robie01]

a couple days of hard driving fixed mine.

[bjarnold27]

@Robie01 damn straight! geo is the shit! i just finished a turbo storm project!

[Robie01]

@GarrettKeetley The Geo Storm engine was built by Isuzu, the leading manufacturer of truck engines on the planet. You are just butt-hurt that my "Geo" is faster than your car. ROFL

"It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"....you removed all doubt...

[Robie01]

@GarrettKeetley but you are just a 16 year old that makes childish generalizations about a 'Geo'? nice...

[Robie01]

@GarrettKeetley You ever been smoked by a Geo? Check out my other videos if you would like to be ;-)

[RCkid8]

hey, in a car everything (like the turbo) should be air tight on seels. if oil aqueezed through the turbo journal bearings then that might of fucked somthin up and is still letting oil in to the turbo. your turbo might be a bit fucked haha : p

[absolutionnz]

Sweet this is hopefully the problem on my turbo 4wd. Will take a look at it tomorrow

[Robie01]

it was to demonstrate that when a problem exists, there are multiple potential solutions, so always start with the easy solutions first. It could have been a head gasket or a bad turbo seal. It turned out to be a bad vacuum on the PCV Valve. It would have sucked to replace the turbo or head gasket, only to discover that the problem still existed ;-)