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'85 740 Turbo - White smoke at idle (lots), gummy dipstick 700

posted by  MisterBLC on  Fri Jun 1 09:50 CST 2012
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Everyone,

I was driving home after a failed attempt to sell my '85 740 turbo and worst case happened...I started pouring out white smoke at idle. I made it home (drove fine, only smoked at idle) but the oil on the dipstick is all gummed up. Coolant level was OK and did not look contaminated. I am thinking that this is a blown head gasket but I wanted to check with the folks on brickboard to see if that was the consensus or if I should also take a look at the turbo (previously upgraded to a water cooled turbo).

Thanks!
Brian








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    '85 740 Turbo - White smoke at idle (lots), gummy dipstick 700

    posted by  aleekat on  Fri Jun 1 10:08 CST 2012
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    Could have blown the seals in the turbo, but only sure fire way to know is compression test first.
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      '85 740 Turbo - White smoke at idle (lots), gummy dipstick 700

      posted by  MisterBLC on  Fri Jun 1 10:35 CST 2012
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      That is definitely one of those face palm moments...I will do a compression check and see what it looks like.

      Brian







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