RoTa7

after i fimsh driving and i park my car i seen smoke coming out of under the hood. so i poped the hood and the smokes is coming from the oil fliter area. the smoke is kinda white but then again i think i seen a lil bit of faint blue but the sky is so grey over the color is a little bit hard too see.

barcode

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Smell it. If it's sweet it's probably anti freeze, I'm assuming you know what burnt oil smells like so you should be able to tell the difference. If it's anti freeze the most likely culprits are either your coolant temp sender, or the heater control hose on that side of the engine. If it's oil I'd say it was most likely the filter, oil pressure sender or the oil cooler lines farther below.

r@TarY_p0wERed

oh lol same **** happen to me couple days ago. start up car and than white smoke was venting out of my hood. looked at my temp tach and saw my car was overheating. friend say didnt add enough coolant. to make things worse i lost about 2 quarts of oil cuz filter wasnt on tight enough.

heh ur dilemna is wheter its coolant or oil loss?
but the answer for my question is both. :lo:

Bob_The_Normal

... not on tight enough?

...

How did you manage this?

--Gary

H4Inf

Hmm I had the problem of smoke venting from under the hood not long ago, however the problem was my rear extension-housing seal had gone and tranny fluid was leaking on my exhaust

barcode

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^It'd make a hell of a mess too, 2 quarts out the filter? Wow.

satoacs

NO NO NO!! you all have it wrong. everything you guys have said is wrong. the only problem is that hes ndriving it too hard

H4Inf

The one good thing about leaking oil on everything : prevents rust

Bob_The_Normal

Hahahahahhaha..

It's so true!

Taking stuff from my parts car, which was a daily driver for someone that knew nothing about rotaries, parts have oil and dirt built up on them... clean them off and the metal is nice.

Replacing parts on the car I'm actually using... parts are clean... and rusted. heh

--Gary

RoTa7

my car isnt overheating so i can rule that out and it donesnt smell sweet, smells kinda like gas but not so strong so thats oil burning

H4Inf

Look for any burn marks on your exhaust perhaps.. Does the smoke come out just between the firewall and the engine? or really directly from oil filter area? How tight is the filter?

RoTa7

i went to tightin the oil filter even more and its coming from the oil filter area i can tell if its coming from between the firewall and engine because its so much smoke

Bob_The_Normal

Tighten the filter, if that stops it... hahaahahahhah.

If not, wait until the engine cools down enough to stop burning the oil.

Then look at the oil cooler line that runs to the back of the engine, check it for leaks.

This is what it looks like, after you reinstall it. It's hiding... but that copper washer you see is where it bolts into the engine.

Yours is probably going to look like a big gob of black gunk. If you go straight down from the oil filter to the bottom of the engine though, you should spot it since it's the only metal pipe in that area.

--Gary

FarNorthMotoring

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