steve's dog

when i start it up it smokes for a few seconds. but sometimes when im driving, and rev it high before shifting it smokes, A LOT! what could cause this? it has a dellorto carb on my 12a which is running rich....could my oil seals be fucked already?

RacerX7fb

How many miles are on that engine?

steve's dog

around 70,000

wwilliam54

if its black its from running rich

steve's dog

oh, it's pretty white, so what color is it when you're buring too much oil?

wwilliam54

blue
white is coolant

steve's dog

hmmmm, could it have anything to do with the ******* add coolant buzzer going off. when the coolant is full. is it bad coolant? or a leak?

wwilliam54

leak problyceheck the o rings on the intake

wwilliam54

leak probly check the o rings on the intake, if it has any

steve's dog

is it anything urgent? or can i just wait untill i get the 13b put in it?

wwilliam54

keep the coolant up and youll have one clean *** engine when you pull it out

pillage6

I believe your oil seals might be gone.

They leak when your car is off, so when you start up there is much smoke. And at high oil pressure you leak oil into the combustion process so there is smoke.

Make sure you check your oil level all the time, no oil= no engine.

inittab

From the FAQ

"The most likely cause of this problem is the same as that of smoking on startup, but at an advanced stage of oil seal deterioration. There is no fix short of a rebuild, but some transmission sealer added to your engine oil might stall the need to rebuild for a period of time. Don't count on it."

pillage6

Ahhh, so that's what the FAQ is for.