i changed my oil today and now when its ideling its smoking, not just bad but GODDAMN bad!!!!. it wasnt doing this before i changed it,except when i first start it up in the morning, but it would clear out after about 10-15 min. Now its driving me nuts. is this normal after an oil change? i have and 89 n/a

 

how much oil did you add?

 

Is your emissions getup still in the car?

Im thinking you filled it to much and its going back up into the intake via the PCV

 

yeah eveything is till stock, i put in 5qts

 

check the dipstick, is there more than required in there? I'm not sure on this, but do the 89 na's use an oil cooler? If they do, then you deff. added too much oil as the oil cooler would still have had oil in it.

 

yes, it has and oil cooler, im gonna check and see if i added to much, that might be what it is.

 

Good thing this isn't a piston engine, adding too much gives you some really crazy pressures in the crankcase and ***** up the pistons. Im sure you just added too much, you gotta watch what your doing my man.
I didn't even measure it, I filled it up with a couple bottles after draining, and then checked the dipstick. Added a little more, checked the dipstick, etc etc

 

it appears i added too much. thanx for your prompt replies.

 

i hear that 7s eat oil like crazy, can i get out on the road and ride it down or would it be best to just drain it out

 

drain it out. a properly working engine should not eat a ton of oil, maybe 1 quart every 1000 miles unless you drive at 7k RPMs all day long...

worst case it could be that your side seal o-rings are cracked and leaking oil in which case means it is time to rebuild.

 

damn, thats not what i wanna hear, but thanx for you help any way

 

just dog that eninge. all that extra burning oil is good.

 

well i have been treating it like a baby lately.

 

Well since you said it started after the oil change, just drain a bit out till your right at full and you'll be set to go

 

yeah, im go do that right now

 

drain it i mean, not dog it

 

If your engine has high milage it could smoke if you droped to a thinner grade oil. My 12A did that. Went back to 50 weight and it immediatly stopped. Oil seals not 100%...?

 

naw it has low mileage, it was just rebuilt a year ago. but i think i might have just over filled it, im going to drain it all out and restart again tomorrow and see what happens. i hope and pray its not the oil seals, but things happen. if it is then im going to just have a t2 droped in.

 

TII droped in is cheaper said than done!

 

yeah, well i had been debating bout wanting to go turbo, and if i need to rebuild then im just gonna opt for the swap.

 

Yea you added a quart too much, my 89 with a 91 engine (like it matters) only takes 4 quarts and even that slightly overfills the oil. But that may because my pan is bashed in (car the engine was originally in got wrecked)

 

Great News Fellas, I When Out And Drained The Oil And Refilled It Slowly And Payed More Attention To What I Was Doing And You Were Right I Put In Too Much The First Time. Now There Is Not One Hint Of Smoke, Thanx A Lot Of You Time And Help.