OK just a very straight forward question if my car is running lean will it make it smoke. And also I have a huge vacume leak on my car somwere, does anyone have a good method for finding it. I know it is coming from somwere around the TB.

 

i've seen countless methods to locate a vac leak, searching would turn up some of the stuff. But what will work is REPLACING EVERYTHING. Although that may be too rich for some's blood...

 

Well there isn't that many gaskets, but Ihave replace two of the 4-5 on the whole intake. So I just can't figure out were it is.

 

I think (THINK) that white smoke may come out if you're running lean, but without open headers I don't think you'll ever see it.

 

Well white smoke is somthing that I have got lots off, does anyone know if there is anything in the rats nest that will make it smoke if you remove it. I dought that there is but I could be wrong. And man with 0 emmissons legal stuff on the car, my car is killing mother nature execution style.

 

Oh yes and does anyone have a nifty way to find vacume leaks, I found one but it sounds like it will blow me and my car up.

 

Spray an enert gas around vacuum lines and intake.when car starts to die you found your leak.

 

like co2

 

Oh ok that is alot better than spraying flammable gases and wating for the engine RPM's to climb like the other one I found.

 

if its lean enough to get into a preignition situation it will smoke, kind of blackish but not dense

my gsl-se does this btw, sometimes it actually will ping audibly, sometimes not

mike

 

No this is very abundint white smoke once it is warmed up. When it is cold it smokes but not near as bad as when warmer up. I'm puzzled by this and I am hoping the engine isn't died or dying.

 

White smoke = burning coolant no matter which way you look at it.

Are you having to add coolant? How often are you checking the fluid level of the rad and overflow?

 

I had to add coolant for the first time in a long time the other day. Also the oil has a very sweet smell and has white foam around the filler neck and I think that is from the coolant to. And to make it worse I think it is leaking from the out side of the engine to because it will run off and burn on the exhaust manifold and smells once again very sweet. But why would it put out more smoke once if warms up, is it because it is expnading and pressureizing the radiator fluid???

 

Yup there is more pressure in the system when it's warmed up. That's why they say to NEVER OPEN THE RAD WHEN HOT!

Check for exterior leaks first, check EVERYWHERE fluid goes on the outside of the motor itself. If your getting white smoke coming out of the exhaust...

 

Wow, that's a bitch. I think I'm going to go flip my car off now. And a word to the wise don't use mavel mystery oil, I know that is what did it.

MMO MMO