New engine smoking badly!
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Hi everyone

Recently fitted a newly built Morspeed turbo engine. The engine is a 1293 with omega pistons, turbo booster head. im running a T2 turbo on mirage manifolds.

It has started smoking really badly once warm. I thought it was the turbo and have taken it off to check but its brand new and seems fine. I haven't really driven it very far as it hasnt got tax or mot and when i did drive it i have only let it come on boost 3-4 times.

I am thinking the worst like piston rings but i have done a compression check and all cylinders were good. im a bit confused at what it might be

can anyone help?

thanks
adam

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get some miles on it,

the rings need some throttle to bed them in.

Needs to bed in mate. Get it set up and get some miles on it.

another thing i forgot to mention is that when i took the exhaust manifold off it looked quite oily round the exhaust ports

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Get it tuned and set up and go for a drive!

"Tuning should be a compromise between what is possible and what is necessary"

10)Thou shalt always quest for more power

but i wont be able to get an mot with it smoking like this surely?

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what oil you using to run it in with ?

1293 Turbo mini

Mine smoked bad for its mot. Tester said 'this a new engine mate, get some miles done'.
Gave me an advisory for the smoke.

im using millers 20w50 mineral

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What's your oil pressure?

Is your oil drain nice and free flowing?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

is it oil burning ?

To be honest im not sure if its burning oil. i know its got a small leak coming from the turbo drain which ive got to sort out

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Run the cunt in. That is it.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I find something disturbing about the last half of the first sentence, first paragragh, in the first post.

I don't know though. I have never had a new engine smoke before during or after running in, untill I did the piston in <<<<

Oooo! Sprocket you misery. lol

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

if its a new engine there will be some oil in the bores anyway, because when you build an engine your supposed to oil everything.. so this will create some smoke... could be a small leak past the valve guides?

does it constantly smoke or on and off?

Adam.

Did you build the head ?

Do you know if good quality stem seals were used on inlet and outlet valves ? The Minispares brown ones with the garter springs are real good, if not a bit expensive.

I'm suspecting you may have excessive guide clearance or a dicky stem seal or two.

Have you inclined your engine forwards ?

Could be excessive oil level around the valve guides with the engine in the tilted forwards position.

Richard.

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turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

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is the turbo unknown ? ie done starship miles ? is the drain hose ok ie not got any! kink in it ?

what is the compression on the cylinders ?

Recently fitted a newly built Morspeed turbo engine. This will be you problem!!

turbo is a brand new unit

compression was 110psi on all 4

yeah i know some people have had a bad experiences with Morspeed. I should of stripped it really to make sure it was good.

I think im now gonna whip the head off to have a look

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