Hey guys. I bought a 88 TurboCoupe a while back and now its starting to smoke on start up but then it goes away after a couple of minutes. The previous owner told me when I bought it, he put whole new gaskets on the motor including the head gasket. The 2.3 does use quite a bit of oil. Im hopin I dont have a craked head.
Guy's im scared.
Smoke with a blue hue to it indicates your burning oil. I'm not too well versed on thge turbo 2.3, but on my first cougar that had the 3.8 the teflon valve stem seals were worn and the car would do the same thing. Little bit o blueish smoke on start up and go away. I would notice a slight puff on gear shifts in my rear view at WOT as well, but as far as normal driving nothing noticeable. As far as the possibility of a cracked head, any oil in your coolant or vice versa?
I haven't seen any in it yet.
Could too much oil be the cause?
If by too much oil you mean 1/4 or 1/2 a quart than I would have to say no
Take your intercooler off and see if it's full of oily residue. If it is, your turbocharger's seals are probably shot.
If the PCV valve is bad or the wrong one installed, the 2.3 turbos will smoke and use oil. The boost blows back through the valve and pushes oil into the intake and intercooler. Also bad rings or turbo can cause this. To check the turbo remove the air hose from the air cleaner(actually the VAM) to the turbo. Now carefully use a long pencil or wood dow to check for side to side movement of the impeller. If it has play you found your problem...
Where's the PCV valve located? Somewhere beside the distributor? How did I test the PCV? Keep em' comin' guy's. Sorry for all the questions. I don't know diddly about TC's.
Should be hose-clamped in place between the "upper hose" and the "secondary" hose that curves under to the "separator". If the spark plug wire wasn't in the way, you could probably see it. Haynes calls it a hose, this pic shows a metal pipe. Whatever.
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Yea its in a hose behind the alternator... In the pix they are showing the vaccum line to the F/P regulator. I'll have to dig up a pt # for the valve, a lot of the aftermarket units won't work... Also be sure to check for play in the turbo...
Well there wasn't play in the turbo. So I think i'm goin to replace the PCV. It does use quite a bit of gasoline. Hopefully its the PCV. I don't think all these mountains here in Tennessee use this much gas to run a 2.3.