Smoke coming out of somewhere...

[Dizzem]

I was driving my eclipse around town today to get out and let it run for a bit and at a stoplight I see smoke coming from under my hood. I think to my self... Oh shit, what the hell happened now... and I pulled off into a parking lot and popped the hood. When I opened the hood there was smoke coming from down by the o2 housing on the turbo and upon further inspection I couldn't really draw a conclusion as to what is causing the smoke. It's a EvoIII 16G turbo, it looks like there could be a couple spots where bolts go in but by the looks of it they aren't used for anything. Any suggestions?

[xxxfrankenstein406xxx]

Any grease, anti seize, oil or anything on them? How long have you been driving it?

[Dizzem]

There is no grease or anything that I can see, there may be some oil that I am over looking but I don't see any, and today is the first day the car has been driven down the road. I have driven the car around the block a few times but today was the first time the car was even driven over a mile.

[xxxfrankenstein406xxx]

It should burn off in 15 minutes just go check fluids make sure your not losing any. Probably first time it was up to temp. Probably just spilled oil or something.

[Dizzem]

Alright, but this smoke was just like billowing out. When the car was in idle the smoke was clearly visible and there was quite a bit of it.

[ChiTownHussla]

loose line of coolant or oil perhaps? there is many damn lines on these cars. I replaced all the rubber hoses that had coolant in them. I missed 2 behind the ;;;oil filter and those ended up breaking on me today. point being change em all

[thatTSIguy]

This video shows what was happening with Dizzums Dizzum; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ar8c9zi8o
Solution: Blown turbo seals, that being said, whats the best way to go about finding/ replacing the seals for an EvoIII 16G?

[xxxfrankenstein406xxx]

So its burning oil right? Real 16g?

[Dizzem]

Well when I bought the car the seller said it was an EvoIII 16G turbo, although I cannot be absolutely sure it is an EvoIII Or Ebay 16G. When I took apart the car there was things that were true like the Eagle H-Beams and Wiseco Pistons but there were also questionable things that I wasn't sure about, including the turbo. Do you know of any good way to determine if its an EvoIII or Ebay? It is for sure a 16G though. And its burning oil and my buddy TSIguy showed me that video last night and that's exactly what it's doing so I am certain that it is blown seals.

[xxxfrankenstein406xxx]

serial numbers.

[thatTSIguy]

Problem resolved hopefully we'll have results next week :D

[Dizzem]

Problem Fixed! :) Loose oil coolant line to the turbo housing was the culprit so I tightened it up and there has been no smoke for 2 days.

[ChiTownHussla]

Told ya so.........lol

[Dizzem]

Haha I could have swore I tightened it down maybe it came loose who knows but thank you for the info man you're a life saver :)
Thanks!
Zac