Oil In Manifold - Unknown Cause

[missyaim]

Hey guys,

So as always life with a scooby is never simple!

I finally got my Gt Spec manifold all fixed and fitted but not at my regular garage ( see old post ) but when I drove the car she seemed sluggish and had no beans..

So I went to my normal garage and left it with them to check it over while I went on holiday...

(Please note my normal garage is not a specialist just a place a friend works)

Got a phone call saying that when they took it for a spin up the road it was deffo slower than normal (388bhp typical )and had suddenly spouted white smoke James Bond style out of the exhaust!

So he limped it back onto a ramp and said the manifold had oil in it but also there was too much oil in her ( I had not put oil in recently ) so he did an oil change but the car was still not right...

We both agreed that maybe the turbo (Garrett Gt 30) has prob blown so I ordered in a gasket kit.

So I'm sat here thinking how the hell has my car ended up with too much oil ( I know how important it is to keep the levels right but also wht the f*** had this other garage done to her!

I am worried that hey played with the avc-r unit as that controls my boost and tbh I have no idea how it works but could understand why someone would want o press buttons on it as it does look pretty cool!

Sorry I digress -

My garge today got the turbo out ( after many texts telling me hat a pain in the ass I am as it was such a long job) only to find its in full working order!

When the car is plugged into the computer it's only showing that one of the exhaust sensors isn't right which is something the car has always flagged due to lack of cat...

So now we have no idea what to do!

Any advice would be awesome as I need my speed back!

:-)

[lewisscoob]

I presume he meant the exhaust manifold? How much oil was there? Drops or puddles?

Ask you mechanic to do a compression test. There's only a handful of ways oil could get into the exhaust manifold. Either through the piston bores, (worn rings) or possibly a cracked head or head gasket. A compression test may tell your mechanic friend more. The other way is via the turbo seals.

Aside from the oil issue, I would take the car to someone that knows AVC-r to a) set it up and tell you how to.