Tonyv__
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Anyone work on these cr@p 1.4 ecotecs that Chevy put out?
Helping a friend out (who has zero knowledge of cars). It’s a 2016 Chevy trax with 75k miles. He says he filled up the gas tank then left the gas station. Next thing he knows it’s blowing smoke out the exhaust and loss of power. Drives it home. Then tries to drive it to my house a couple weeks after sitting. Doesn’t make it. Starts smoking about 5 mins into the drive and loses power. Leaves it for a few days then tries to drive it again. Can’t even get it out of the parking lot without stalling. Finally has it towed to my house..
I replaced the entire pcv system. Because apparently they’re prone to failure and I was able to diagnose that the valve cover was definitely bad.. Cleaned the oil out of the intake tubes, intercooler , but haven’t removed the turbo. Oil was pitch black.. Put it all back together. Changed the oil. The idle is smooth. Doesn’t stall. But still smoking. Trying to figure out if it’s residual oil burning or If the turbo is spitting oil….
I haven’t put the car on the road yet. Just idled and revved the engine.
Anyone have any tips for diagnosing the turbo?
I have done compression test, cylinders seem healthy
Helping a friend out (who has zero knowledge of cars). It’s a 2016 Chevy trax with 75k miles. He says he filled up the gas tank then left the gas station. Next thing he knows it’s blowing smoke out the exhaust and loss of power. Drives it home. Then tries to drive it to my house a couple weeks after sitting. Doesn’t make it. Starts smoking about 5 mins into the drive and loses power. Leaves it for a few days then tries to drive it again. Can’t even get it out of the parking lot without stalling. Finally has it towed to my house..
I replaced the entire pcv system. Because apparently they’re prone to failure and I was able to diagnose that the valve cover was definitely bad.. Cleaned the oil out of the intake tubes, intercooler , but haven’t removed the turbo. Oil was pitch black.. Put it all back together. Changed the oil. The idle is smooth. Doesn’t stall. But still smoking. Trying to figure out if it’s residual oil burning or If the turbo is spitting oil….
I haven’t put the car on the road yet. Just idled and revved the engine.
Anyone have any tips for diagnosing the turbo?
I have done compression test, cylinders seem healthy
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