smoke from the exhaust

[90 shelby]

hey any one know what happens when the turbo goes ? i think that might be my problem 1990 daytona shelby 2.5 turbo heavy smoke came out on the highway at 65mph got off the road and found all coolant gone pulled the head gasket off and it looks fine no coolant on the plugs or in the oil can the turbo go like that?any help would be great

[89turbodude]

yep, it sounds like the turbo is gone. do you have access to your turbo, is it removed? If so, you should see the oil/coolant in the swing valve, exhaust side, and/or intake side. You will also see it in the down pipe.

[90 shelby]

going to pull it off today i will check thanks

[90 shelby]

any one know where to get a turbo at a good price?

[jim34]

never heard of a turbo going out like that usually they blow the oil seal

[mmtphoto]

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Originally Posted by jim34 never heard of a turbo going out like that usually they blow the oil seal

+1, if it is a coolant issue i would not suspect the turbo

[90 shelby]

well it has coolant and oil that go to the turbo the oil lubes the bearing and the coolant cools it off so i guess it could happen But I am not sure this is why I am posting for any one to give info on this issue I am haveing

[jim34]

The only way the turbo would leak water is if the housing just suddenly cracked while driving down the road witch is not likely, and it would probobly send water into the oil or just leak externally.

Can you post a pic of the headgasket ? Other than that we're just speculating it could be a cracked head, block, headgasket, warped head.

It would have been a good idea to pressure test it before you took it apart

[mmtphoto]

Have to say I agree with Jim34, I went through this about 5 years ago with my 88 daytona shelby, and mine ended up being the oil in the turbo-but when looking into the cause of the smoke, i was assured by numerous sources that it would be virtually impossible for it to be an internal leak of antifreeze in the turbo-JMO, but the headgasket and head/block should be checked out thoroughly before you come to the conclusion that it has anything to do with the turbo.

[Moparbishi]

+1 on it not being the turbo.

[90 shelby]

I want to thank you all for your input I did find out what happened it was the 3in rubber hose on the left side of the head that got a pin hole in it and sprayed the manifold which caused the smoke see what happens when you jump into things without checking it out first.... any way i wanted to do a head gasket and t-belt now is a good time I am looking for the intake hose from the t-body to the turbo any ideas where to get it it is not made by mopar any more any place you can think of ? any ideas for performance parts?????