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Old 03-13-2008, 07:11 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Crashed_Again View Post
The smell is not burning oil, like it would smell if dripping on an exhaust pipe, but more like blow-by. It has done it since I upgraded the turbo. I read somewhere that it was normal for cars running high boost to have additional blow-by. I have had no performance issues and no fouling plugs.

Just curious if anyone else running 15 psi plus on their EJ20's notice the same thing?
When oil drip onto a hot exhaust pipe, it burns. That's what the smell is. I ran 22 PSI in my WRX with no smell, and I run 24 in my RS, also with no smell.
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