Mr Thistle
Member
Hello all. I'm a newbie to the forum and I have read a bunch of threads in regards to the issue I am having, but I cannot seem to get a straight answer from any of the threads.
I have 2002 Jetta TDI and when my daughter was driving it she hit something on a dirt road that hit the oil pan. Of course the oil drained out and the engine died shortly after the oil light came on she said. So I figured the engine has some sort of protection so you don't seize the engine by driving it without oil, but not before it destroyed the Turbo. Anyway I have the turbo out and it is definitely toast, the shaft is sheared and the exhaust turbine wheel is loosely banging around inside the housing and the compressor side is seized. Before I took the turbo out I replaced the oil pan and put oil back in it and it started right up, but when I put my foot down on the accelerator WHITE smoke was bellowing out of the exhaust. My question is why WHITE smoke? If it was just the turbo that was bad and oil was dumping into the exhaust, wouldn't it be BLUE or BLACK smoke? I want to make sure it is only the turbo that is bad before I buy another turbo. TIA.
I have 2002 Jetta TDI and when my daughter was driving it she hit something on a dirt road that hit the oil pan. Of course the oil drained out and the engine died shortly after the oil light came on she said. So I figured the engine has some sort of protection so you don't seize the engine by driving it without oil, but not before it destroyed the Turbo. Anyway I have the turbo out and it is definitely toast, the shaft is sheared and the exhaust turbine wheel is loosely banging around inside the housing and the compressor side is seized. Before I took the turbo out I replaced the oil pan and put oil back in it and it started right up, but when I put my foot down on the accelerator WHITE smoke was bellowing out of the exhaust. My question is why WHITE smoke? If it was just the turbo that was bad and oil was dumping into the exhaust, wouldn't it be BLUE or BLACK smoke? I want to make sure it is only the turbo that is bad before I buy another turbo. TIA.