ive got a weird problem, and ill give a little history before i explain whats happening atm. monday my friend and i went to pickup my seven the battery was dead so we jumped it to get it onto the trailer. we let it run for about 20mins as to not flood and see if the battery would charge at all. the next morning we goto unload the car, battery's dead so we push it off - then my friend tries to jump it, he mixed up the neg and pos and blew atleast the main fuse. today i replace the main fuse and she started right up - still sounds good and idles well, but now i have white smoke. it still sounds the same as when we picked it up. but then it didnt have any smoke. keep in mind the owner let it sit for about 1.5years and its still has the same tank of gas and this has been the first couple times its ran. i tried searching but didnt really find anything useful. 34k on the rebuild 130k total.

TIA

Russ

 

i should also mention the gauges arent working anymore (tach, speedo, etc) when i started it today but they did monday.

 

check all your fuses. you may have blown more than just the main fuese.


ej

 

wouldnt the only fuse that deals with the exhaust the EGI fuse? and if that were blown the car wouldnt start right? i also noticed i didnt even have the ABS fuse

 

Wasn't ABS optional on the S4? I don't think you should worry about that unless you're sure your car came with ABS. Mine didn't so the slot for ABS is empty...

 

That could be the problem right there.. Engines get bad if you let them sit for such a long time.. Plus, that old of gas has got to have some problems.

Although im noob, id recommend you siphon out the gas and put in some high octane in there (91 or higher). Also, flooded engines tend to make a lot of white smoke.

 

its probably because its been sitting. when i let mine sit, i get teh smoke.

 

alright i'm going to siphon out the gas, and put in some cheap gas. (arent N/A's supposta use the cheap stuff?) then soon as a clear out my garage tomorrow its getting a 60k mile tune up.

 

yes, for NA's you want to use the lowest octane you can find.

 

anything i should buy to clean out the gas tank? or should i just stay away from this stuff

 

any gas over 87 octane make my care lose power so premium gas wont help a thing

 

oh okay, i didnt know that...

i have a TII, as you can see

 

yea, its the other way around for them turbo people.