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Old 09-11-2005, 06:32 PM
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White smoke from turbo? on start up 1987 300 TDT

Help I need some advise...

Upon start up with a cold engine I get a puff of white smoke from the center of a crome gasget in the tube on the passenger side of the engine near the coolant tank just below the manifold in the center. I was told it is coming from the turbo or is the turbo . I can see some black exaust smudge in between the crome rings. Is this an easy fix, just a leak in the gasget? Or...

I also get a bit of white smoke from the exaust but only on start up, when it warms up, none. I think I have a bad glow plug but is there a problem with the turbo as well? The engine sputters for about 30 seconds then levels off.

Is the white smoke part of a bigger problem (head gasget?) there is not a odor of coolant in the exaust that I can tell or any oil in the coolant.

I tried to post some photos but they are too big to post... Any insight would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Toby
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