Finally Going Single! Part 2 by cohbra

5-19-2012

It was clean when it I got it back from them. All of the carbon buildup must be from the massive amounts of oil in there since the first start. The car has been smoking like crazy since the first time I started it up. I was assuming it was due to me being over cautious when I premixed the first 5 gallons of gas that I put in the tank as well as it running really rich because it smelled like fuel to me.

5-24-2012

Headed to the gym for a bit, then spending the afternoon in the garage trying to figure out for sure if it is an oil control ring leaking, or if it is the turbo leaking oil back down into the engine. My gut tells me it's the oil control ring, but I really hope that I'm wrong.

I spoke with Rob from Pineapple Racing and he was very helpful and polite. Since I had already removed the turbo from the car, I followed one of his recommendations to remove the housing from the exhaust side of the turbo and see if there was any oil coming from behind the dust shield. Oil is exactly what I found coming from the area where the arrows are in the picture below. I cleaned it up a lot before I took the picture. Also, there is quite a noticeable amount of play in the shaft which sucks. This thing is supposed to be brand new! Hopefully Jason @ the RX7 store can warranty it for me even though I ordered it in February 2010. This is the shitty part about having to travel so much for work. The warranties have expired on everything I've bought before I've had a chance to install/use them.