smoking turbo

[Pntyhse]

hey guys i have an 06 wrx. installed all the mods myself

 

mods

cobb ap v2

stage 2 on 93

blitz short ram w/ mesh filter

anonymous divorce waste gate down pipe.

turbo xs 50/50 bov

 

 

the problem started when i tapped the filter. checking if it was firmly placed. then engine light came on w/ the cruise control blinking. a

code came up p0171b too lean. resetted the ecu to stock then back to stage 2. erased the code. the car started idling rough. afr is 17.9 .

drove it to my friends shop saw smoke coming out of the scoop. checked it

smoke is from the turbo. smoke is coming from the waste gate shaft and the crack between the down pipe and the turbo. then no power what so ever. checked the maf sensor its dirty as puck. cleaned it then afr reading came back to 14.6 . drove it back to my house to get the stock air box and bypass. the car suddenly died while crusing on nuetral. no power steering no engine just died while was crusing down a hill. i turned it back on. it turned on w/ no problem.

got to my house installed the stock air box and bypass. dorve the car for a while. drove like normal , power is back. but the turbo still smokes. the down pipe has a heat wrap. but the smoke is not coming from it. the heat wrap smokes when it gets wet. but now the smokes comes from the cracks and bolts. the smell is the same hwen the heat wrap gets wet and the smoke thats coming from the waste gate shaft. also the waste gate shaft is shiny like its wet, is that oil?

 

im back to stock air box, bypass. still stage 2.

why did it died out of no where? is it because i flashed the ecu a couple of times or the turbo is over heating?

is my turbo done for? please help

[ericem]

hmm, did you touch any of the oil lines? With stage 2 you would have turned up the boost, and possibly the weak td04 blew. Check out nasioc for more info on your issue and possibly make a thread if you haven't already.