Big turbo car blue smoke at idle

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2019 fiesta at whoosh hyrbid turbo, car has 9000 miles and turbo has 1300 ish, the car at idle when hot will blow blue smoke at idle like at a stop light, it’s doing it about once a week and today it did it twice in a row. It’s really stated to freak me out because it’s either the turbo or the pcv system “i have a catch can” but besides that i don’t have a clue it did throw a P219a code, back when i picked the car up after install “BTR did it” and yesterday after it got dynoed and made 290whp. Car is running great but I’d love to figure this out
Yes i did switch to 5w-40 to try and help it
No smoke when accelerating or if it is smoking if i rev it, it doesn’t shoot a big ass cloud it’s just right at idle

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Like I mentioned before if you had a catted downpipe you probably wouldn't even see the smoke.
Blue smoke equals oil are you having to add any oil?
You have a hybrid turbo not a big turbo big difference. You would get better responses if you listed the question as hybrid turbo.

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Empty the catch can and see if it goes away?

Otherwise it’s likely due to a lack of cats as mentioned above. Has the engine been using oil?

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No sir I’ll check but last time i checked it was full
 


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Empty the catch can and see if it goes away?

Otherwise it’s likely due to a lack of cats as mentioned above. Has the engine been using oil?

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im going to check in about 5 mins i just changed it a few weeks ago i checked it last week no oil consumption
 


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I was told flat out by blood type racing this a pretty common issue and if it was the turbo it would do it everywhere and at wot, part throttle you name it. I wonder if it’s a pcv issue
 


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Like I mentioned before if you had a catted downpipe you probably wouldn't even see the smoke.
Blue smoke equals oil are you having to add any oil?
You have a hybrid turbo not a big turbo big difference. You would get better responses if you listed the question as hybrid turbo.

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it does sometimes come out gray but it’s oil it smells like crap lol
 


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Just keep a eye on the oil level.
Sometimes if you really do have a problem you just have to give it time for it to show itself.
When you don't have a cat there's nothing to slow down / burn up that smoke. I'm not too concerned because you say it doesn't happen during acceleration.

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Nope not at all my only worry is it destroying an O2 sensor
 


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2019 fiesta at whoosh hyrbid turbo, car has 9000 miles and turbo has 1300 ish, the car at idle when hot will blow blue smoke at idle like at a stop light, it’s doing it about once a week and today it did it twice in a row. It’s really stated to freak me out because it’s either the turbo or the pcv system “i have a catch can” but besides that i don’t have a clue it did throw a P219a code, back when i picked the car up after install “BTR did it” and yesterday after it got dynoed and made 290whp. Car is running great but I’d love to figure this out
Yes i did switch to 5w-40 to try and help it
No smoke when accelerating or if it is smoking if i rev it, it doesn’t shoot a big ass cloud it’s just right at idle

any idea guys thanks
does your catch-can have a check valve? I had the same sort of problem when I first went to a turbo change, but had no check valve. Put on a UPR valve and problem solved.
 


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does your catch-can have a check valve? I had the same sort of problem when I first went to a turbo change, but had no check valve. Put on a UPR valve and problem solved.
it’s a diamond unit but that’s a good idea i ran them on my coyote
 


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Yeah based on the video I’m going to say that’s a result of running around without a cat. If you had an oil leak going into the combustion chamber the smoke would thicken with revs not thin out. Put a catalyst back in your exhaust.


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And if it was a bad turbo seal it would be getting worst and you could see the garage
 


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And if it was a bad turbo seal it would be getting worst and you could see the garage
My buddy is running that same turbo. He also has a check valve on his catch-can and has no smoking issue. It did smoke a bit when first installed while it all just burned off the shipping oil/lube that tends to be used. Both his car and mine are cat-less and have zero smoke.
 


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My buddy is running that same turbo. He also has a check valve on his catch-can and has no smoking issue. It did smoke a bit when first installed while it all just burned off the shipping oil/lube that tends to be used. Both his car and mine are cat-less and have zero smoke.
im wondering if the check valve, or catch can was plug in backwards
 




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