Take your car to the shop that installed your turbo and let them take the guess work out of the diagnosis.

 

but the shop that install my turbokit is RnR themselves... and they're 150+miles away... Do you by any chance know whether I can drive the car or not?

 

well, coolant being very low (or empty) along with the white smoke out the exhaust means that your headgasket just took a permanent vacation.

If you want to drive it to the shop you can, though I wouldn't go far- not to mention that filling up the coolant and changing the oil FIRST would be VERY, VERY advisable. Your current oil is now "Coilant" and full of water. It is ****ed as far as lubrication goes.

either do that, or have it towed somewhere, and get it fixed. Do you have a good HG & ARP's already? How much boost were you running?

 

I guess i'll get a tow truck to bring the car to get fixed then..
I am using the stock HG and no I dont have arp's yet..
i'm boosting only 21 psi.. a person mentioned that my turbo might be blown..
is that possible with only 21 psi?? on a GT30?
thanks for the advice man, I really appreciate it.

 

What mods did you do prior to the incident. That could get you a lead of what the actual problem is...

 

Different color smoke

white is coolant
blue is oil
black is fuel

 

my last mod was the turbokit that was installed about 3 months back, I went out of country and only drove the car about a month now, and it had not have this problem...

 

Does the smoke smell sweet? White smoke is generally coolant and blue smoke is oil. Sometimes it is hard to tell them apart. If the smoke smells sweet it is coolant.

If your turbo is blown there will be little or no boost at all.

Also check your oil and see if it it is milky colored. Sometimes when the head gasket blows, it can be at the the water jacket, oil jacket or a combination. To diagnose a blown head gasket you have to check if there is oil in the cooling system and/or coolant in the oil.

 

It's kind of sad to see people having all kinds of mods for their car but don't even know where the coolant is.

 

hey dood, I am a foreigner and I just dont know that the "coolant" in the radiator is called coolant..
seriously, your comment is not needed..
and for your info, I do know about stuff, i installed most of the stuff on my car myself..

 

if it smells sweet, your coolant level is low, and your smoke is white, it's likely a headgasket. Put in a nice HG, some ARP studs, and you should be good to go. My buddy had to do the HG on his VR-4 because it seems like the stock bolts don't like much more than 20-22psi- Unless something seriously went wrong, I doubt it's a 3 month old turbo, but it's worth checking your shaft play.

If a turbo goes **** up it could pour oil (or water if it is water cooled) into the exhaust which will make different color smoke than if it goes through the engine. Check your shaft play and see how that looks.

 

What is actually shaftplay, i'm sorry for this stupid question.
i just checked my car again, no oil when i opened the oil cap, no coolant in the radiator.. must be something really wrong. what's going on?

 

you won't see oil on the oil cap, but if you pull out the dipstick you should still see some. If you rub it between your fingers, it probably won't feel real "oily" because there is water in it.

To check shaftplay, take the intake pipe off of your turbo inlet, and reach in (make sure the car is off, and they keys are in your pocket) and wiggle the shaft up & down, and side to side. If it moves too much (or especially if it hits the sides of the housing) that would indicate that the turbo itself is blown.

 

Check your oil level (pull out the oil dip stick not the oil cap), if low drain it and see if you can see any annomolies with it.
Headgasket as stated before, did you notice any fluids on the floor or driveway in which you park your car?

 

oh ok, i looked inside the engine and I can see the cams... no oil right??
i'll go check on the turbo. thanks for your help