QLD My Legnum

myneato77

Idling at the Lights
Location
Mackay Nth Queensland Australia 4740
First Name
Kevin
Drive
1996 Mitsubishi Galant vr4 Legnum
G'day I bought my Legnum 2 years ago & it has some mechanical issues that need attention, has 189000k on the clock & has become smoky funny thing is you can rev it hard doesn't smoke only after it returns to idle or low revs I'm thinking turbo seals any advice would be greatly appreciated
 

Baba Galant

1 AYC Bar
Lifetime Member
Location
Melbourne
First Name
John
Drive
Galant VR4 twin turbo 1997
Any chance you've had a look inside your charge pipes? Does it have an oil catch can?
It may need a good hard run, clear up the spark plugs and burn off some carbon?
Any smoking on a cold start, just idling?
Cheers
 

Mattalot

Sparkly Oil
Location
Morayfield
First Name
Matt
Drive
2006 Subaru Liberty Spec.B Manual

1998 Mitsubishi Legnum VR4 Auto

1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 Manual (Aus Spec)

2021 Daihatsu Copen GR Manual
G'day I bought my Legnum 2 years ago & it has some mechanical issues that need attention, has 189000k on the clock & has become smoky funny thing is you can rev it hard doesn't smoke only after it returns to idle or low revs I'm thinking turbo seals any advice would be greatly appreciated
Smoke on idle and/or decel would most likely be turbos.
specially if they're still factory and you've done that many Ks.

Good chance they're getting a bit tired.
 

Carock

Idling at the Lights
Location
Gold coast
First Name
Carlos
Drive
2000 vr4
G'day I bought my Legnum 2 years ago & it has some mechanical issues that need attention, has 189000k on the clock & has become smoky funny thing is you can rev it hard doesn't smoke only after it returns to idle or low revs I'm thinking turbo seals any advice would be greatly appreciated
Bro exactly happens to my VR, idle at lights tons of smoke. Smoke clears when driving. Only at idle. And once driven for long time. Now i can hopefully move forward with fixing my car
 
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