Blowing smoke everywhere!!

[zmans shelby]

Hey there. I was driving my car the other day and out of nowhere there, it started smoking like crazy. the car runs great and sounds fine, just has a ton of smoke coming out of the tail pipe. i was wondering if it may be the seals in the turbo or the valve seals are bad. the car is not drivable at all. before i start tearing the engine apart i wanted some more insite here. i am running a top mount intercooler and there is oil in the intake manifold and throttle body?
thanks again. It is an 85 shelby charger turbo.
matt

[tryingbe]

Color of smoke?
Result of compression test? Result of leak down test?

[zmans shelby]

hi there. its blue/white. compression is fine, leakdown good. the cars runs great, i am puzzled.

[turbovanman²]

What do the plugs look like?

Take a pencil light and look into the bores, what do you see?

[tryingbe]

PCV system intact?

[zmans shelby]

plugs are a little brown,not filed out or burnt. pcv valve was a little gummy. I only drive the car 300miles a year. if that.

[cordes]

Does it only smoke after the car is warmed up?

[3nglenn]

Rebuilt a 84 Laser a couple months ago, that smoked heavily after it warmed up.
Pulled the head, removed the manifolds and two of the exhaust ports were a oily/black/sooty mess. Turned out to be valve guides. Of course the O2 not working, and the vacuum line to the FPR and MAP being broken didn't help either... G.P.

[87glhs]

If it's white, you may have a blown head gasket. Check your plugs to see if they're wet and smell like anti-freeze.

If it's blue, you may have lost the seal in your turbo. I had an '87 Pacifica T1 that blew a seal at 130K, but it only smoked at a certain temperature range. Cold engine and normal/hot it was okay. Warming up, it would smoke like a James Bond gizmo.

[zmans shelby]

well it only smokes when it is warmed up. heavily! the plugs are not wet at all. dry and a little brown. i think i will pull the rurbo and swap it out with a new one i have. sucks having to guess at this! thanks guys.

[87glhs]

Yeah, if the plugs look normal then I'd say check the turbo. It must be leaking oil right into the exhaust side.

[zmans shelby]

thanks alot for the help.

[cordes]

well it only smokes when it is warmed up. heavily! the plugs are not wet at all. dry and a little brown. i think i will pull the rurbo and swap it out with a new one i have. sucks having to guess at this! thanks guys.

It is almost certainly the turbo then.