Smokin Turbos on Allroad??

[thump426er]

I'm looking for your thoughts on this potential Allroad purchase so I'll give a brief description of the vehicle and the issues I see including the smoking thing I am unsure of.

- 2002 with 146,000 kms
- 6 sp with all the normal cool things they seem to always have
- new clutch
- new turbos at 130kms
- new cv's on front right
- new air bag for front right
- It's a friend that currently owns it and he is the 2nd owner and I have all the history of the vehicle. We havent solidified a price yet but it will be in the neighborhood of $15 - $17k cdn.
- I feel a slight shimmy in the wheel and a bit of noise from the right front wheel when braking that i think may be a rotor.
- This is the one I'm worried about: when i stop and get out of the car, I can smell burning oil, burning as in oil dripping onto exhaust, not as in the engine burns oil. Any thoughts as to what this is? The car was parked for 5 weeks and there is no sign of oil on the ground so it must only leak from somewhere while running and/or it is not enough to leave a puddle on the ground. I also cant see anything visually from the engine bay.

Any thoughts on the burning oil smell and if this seems like a decent deal for this car. Thank you.

[lordoftherings]

if the turbos are smoking it sounds like they are blown or soon to be. if its from the oil pan, thats a common problem. I had that problem with my 2.8, the oil would run back on the motor while driving and go on the exhaust and burn up into smoke. Should be an easy fix with a new gasket unless the pan is damaged.

[thump426er]

hmmm, hope it's not the turbos,,,, their pretty new. Thanks though.

[trev0006]

time to upgrade

[lordoftherings]

maybee its the oil feed line to the turbos