Leaking turbo?!

[amg merc]

This may be nothing but after the two mile (short this time!), post-wash, brake drying run I noticed smoke coming from the rear of the engine bay - eek!

On inspection, it looks like few drops of oil dripped from around the area of the rear turbo unit onto the exhaust manifold below it.

Do the turbos have oil and water passing though them - maybe I need something tightening?

Comments appreciated, thanks! :-)

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

amg merc said:

This may be nothing but after the two mile (short this time!), post-wash, brake drying run I noticed smoke coming from the rear of the engine bay - eek! On inspection, it looks like few drops of oil dripped from around the area of the rear turbo unit onto the exhaust manifold below it. Do the turbos have oil and water passing though them - maybe I need something tightening? Comments appreciated, thanks! :-)

With that turbo you can see the oil lines. You're sure it's from the turbo and not out of the head?

I've seen oil lines go and the amount of smoke is amazing. They don't tend to start leaking without something bad happening a little, random time later.

Clean the area up with a good degreaser and you should be able to spot it.

[LaurenceFrost]

When you wash the car, a large amount of water collects in the recesses where the spark plugs live.

This could cause the smoke (or steam).

FYI the turbo's have both coolant and oil running through them. Clean the oil as best you can, and re-check a day later (after driving). If more oil has emerged then you may have a slight problem.

Keep up posted.

[jorligan]

Same thing happened on mine. The coolant line to the top of the turbo was leaking. Had to trim a little of the heat shield from the line and then reattach.

Tim

[AMG Merc]

Thanks all, as I want to go on the Surrey run this Sunday I'm going to pop into MV sometime this week.