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Old May 26, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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blown turbo?

i have a 03 and i was wondering what could be causing me to blow blue smoke? blow turbo? im not throwing any codes. thanx for any input
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Blue smoke usually indicates that you are burning oil. Could be seals on the turbo or a broken oil ring. not as likely to be valve guide seals. there are other possiblilities that I am not aware of.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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if it helps any, i just had an issue with water in my fuel, so i drained removed the tank, drained it, and replaced my lp with a airdog 100
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Old May 27, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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You will most likely have a bad injector or 2-3. 03s have injectors issues, might want to have them tested.
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Old May 28, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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If you are wondering about the turbo, it would only take a minute to see if there's oil in the tube to the intercooler, for peace of mind.

Was anything used to flush out the tank?

Does it run OK, without any miss, or extra knock sound?
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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i backwashed the tank with fresh fuel then wiped everything up with a clean absorbent pad. it runs fine on the highway but has a rough idle. the smoke is just about gone which kind of leads me to believe that it was from the bad fuel in a line or something but i still cant get it to idle perfectly
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