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2004 Volvo S60 is smoking and sputtering?
I bought this car two days ago and yesterday, as I pulled onto a street and punched the gas, it bellowed a lot of white smoke and started to sputter. This seemed to happen at a point where the turbo would be kicking in. The check engine light is now on and staying on. (I think I read that there is also a blinking mode.) This is my first Volvo and my first turbo. It otherwise runs fine as long as I am easy on the gas pedal, presumably not kicking in the turbo.
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- J JLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
You need to first have the codes read, that will give you a direction to start looking. I'd also remove the intake hose at the intake manifold and look for signs of oil inside it. That would mean the turbo is gone. You can remove the hose at the turbo and try to move the fins up and down or see if they are hitting the housing, that would be another sign it was failing.
- moorLv 47 years ago
yes with the check engine light on,
the codes might be a good easy place to get some clue of what's going on.
a lot depends on how handy you are with getting into this your self.
if the smoke coming out of the exhaust is oil smoke, the turbo is likely bad.
this whole situation is over your head.
you might consider having the car looked at by a mechanic.
then asking questions related to what they say.
how many miles are we talking about here?
