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Old 02-12-03, 09:06 PM
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Smoke coming from trans area

After my car is running for 10-15 minutes or after I drive it for awhile I can smell smoke and if I open the hood you can see the smoke coming out. It looks like its coming up from near the trans area. When I looked under the car it appeared that it was coming off of the cat. The car runs/drives great, no signs of low compression and no oil in the coolent. What could this be? Its a GSL-SE.

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Old 02-13-03, 02:10 AM
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What color is the smoke?
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I"m gonna be optimistic and say exhaust leak?

check the gasket from the manifold/header to the cats...
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Does it smell like someone just locked up the brakes? If so the clutch needs some attention. If its sweet smelling, coolent.

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The smoke is mostly whiteish but I swear I can see some blue in it. Yesterday it continued to come out after I shut the engine off for maybe 5 minutes. Is it possible oil could be leaking onto part of the exhaust that is hot and burning off? It doesn't smell sweet like coolent. Smells more like oil or maybe just exhast?

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check for oil leaks and for burnt oil spots on the outside of the exhaust manifold
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