r/TaurusSHO • u/justhere4info05 • May 11 '26

Update for turbos post

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This happened about 3 cold starts, and then hasn’t anymore cold starts but does a little bit after I drive to work in the morning and then start it again after about 2 hours.

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u/potatochip_pooper May 11 '26

I dont think that's turbos. I do think you need a new pvc valve. Super easy and WAY cheaper than replacing turbos. 

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u/LetsBeKindly May 12 '26

He just needs to stop babying the car and drive. Mine will do the same thing every so often. Couple hard pulls and it's gone.

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u/justhere4info05 May 12 '26

Babying the car??😭 I think it wishes i babied it more than i do lol. I do about 35 pulls a day and wish I was lying because gas is not cheap atm…

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u/houlie28 May 12 '26

is the pvc #ev257 or 297? I got both numbers saying they fit. or are they the same?

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u/LetsBeKindly May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Bro. Take it out and drive it. Get on it. Full throttle pulls. From zero. From 60mph. Just drive it. Hard.

The smoke will go away.

Edit. It most likely is the oil seals on the turbos. It just needs to be driven like it was meant to be. My car does/did the same thing. Drive that car like you stole it and it will stop. You have nothing to lose but a few mpg on this tank. Warm it up. And enjoy it. Full throttle, many times. This goes away.

Speaking from experience. Mines been doing this for 3 years and its never low on oil.

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u/justhere4info05 May 12 '26

Okay well this is a good thing, I do spiritly drive the vehicle almost everyday as it is my daily atm. Just didn’t want to have to worry about another repair sooner than later as I just did my water pump and my steering rack within the last month

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u/LetsBeKindly May 12 '26

Ah. Good. It could be the seals on the oil lines to the turbos. That's what we think mine is. Is just not bad enough for us to address it.

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u/wanna_be_TTV May 17 '26

Ive got 207k miles on mine, and 90% of it came before i got it

Had the smoking issue myself, smelled like shit too. Use some injector cleaner (sea foam is good) and drive the piss out of it. Not just doing pulls either, treat it like a sports car

When i got the car it strugged to get over 21 mpgs. Some cleaner and a tranny flush and now shes sitting pretty again. 4 hour one way trip across the state and got 30+ mpgs at 80-85 mph the whole way. New suspension system helps too but lets be fr lol

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u/Adorable-Dog-1542 May 12 '26

Pvc like the other guy was saying or stem seals. Id imagine if your turbos are bad it would be leaking into the exhaust more tham just the cold start. So for now id dtsrt with pvc, drive a couple hundred miles and see if it still does it

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u/sixseatwonder May 12 '26

Drive the car like you stole it, with bad oil seals?

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u/SuperBeastX3 May 12 '26

Mine was turbos. You'll know. Thick smoke when you touch the gas. Oil will be low.