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I hope Im not screwed..
Here is the deal. I have an 88 turbo 2 w/44k on a remaned engine. I just tore down the engine over the winter and havnt gotten to drive it yet. I had my dad start the car up and I watched the exhaust. Upon initial cold start the exhuast smokes white for about 2-3 seconds. Is this normal?? It it just extra oil in the combustion chambers or is it something like a blown coolant seal??
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I hope Im not screwed..
Here is the deal. I have an 88 turbo 2 w/44k on a remaned engine. I just tore down the engine over the winter and havnt gotten to drive it yet. I had my dad start the car up and I watched the exhaust. Upon initial cold start the exhuast smokes white for about 2-3 seconds. Is this normal?? It it just extra oil in the combustion chambers or is it something like a blown coolant seal??
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I'd say keep driving it like normal and see what happens.
If you ALWAYS get white smoke, you may possibly have a blown coolant seal. If it goes away...probably just **** in the combustion chamber, no biggie. I woudn't think you'd need to worry too much about it on an engine with so few miles.
If you ALWAYS get white smoke, you may possibly have a blown coolant seal. If it goes away...probably just **** in the combustion chamber, no biggie. I woudn't think you'd need to worry too much about it on an engine with so few miles.
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If it's just a small puff of smoke your good, but if it's a huge plume you might want to look into it. But judging by what you said "2 puffs of smoke" I don't think you have much to worry about. Just drive it around carefully and keep your eye's on the gauges and check you fluid levels for a couple of hundred miles but you should be good.
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It's a rotary. This is normal. I've seen brand new (less than 2000 miles) Rx-8 smoke ever so slightly at start-up. It's just the crazy world of wankel that we live in. get use to it.
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Originally posted by CompuBob
Your fine!, now if your ever driving and it looks like a cloud of fog is chasing after you, then yes, start worrying.
Your fine!, now if your ever driving and it looks like a cloud of fog is chasing after you, then yes, start worrying.
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