Ok so its 3:40 am, i just got beck from bellingham, the city stinks like ******* somthing . not even sure what, ANYWHO, So im coming back at about 90 -100 mph the whole way, and i stop in everett for some gas(go figure), since i burned like half of a tank from bellingham, The ****** is smoking like hell! when i drive it easy there is No problem, everytime i drive it hard it smokes, is it tranny lines or oil cooling lines maybe leaking, the smell is sorta wierd., Maybe oil not sure, the bottom of the car is oiled up really good ,, Front of the oil pan some where, any idea, thanks

(not coming from tail pipes. Smoke coming into cabin from shift boot. and smoke rising from engine compartment)

 

Turbo or non?

 

non

 

check to see if your engine oil or tranny fluids are low. Then get under your car and see where its coming from, we can't do it for you.

 

OIl cooler line?

 

Im thinking so. I got under the car and the oil seems to be dripping from the Right side of the engine bay if your facing the engine from the front, but im working on getting the cat hollowed out first, the thing is a pain to get off, then ill look closer

 

where you from Adam?

 

I am south of seattle near auburn

 

s4 or s5?

If its an S4, it could be that your OMP controll rod is fucked up somehow, or that there are too many washers on it allowing it to regulate much more oil than necessary to the intake/housings. Thats the first thing that popped into my head.

 

Well its an 88 so an S4.

 

Speaking as an s4 owner who has had leaks from the p/s pump and OMP block-off plate, as well as the oil cooler lines, lemme tell ya that you won't see so much as a puff of smoke from those locations if they have a slick of oil on them, no matter how hard you drive it.

The oil leak he's seeing on the driver's side of the bay may have nothing to do with the smoke.

Right now what he's decribing screams 'fluid on the exhaust' to me. I'm not saying that it *must* be that, but that that's the first thing I'd be checking out. The heater core has a hose passing right over the header. Adam -> how's your coolant? Is it full?


And check your tranny fluid. Pull the filler bolt on the driver's side of it and stick a finger in there. Did you get fluid on your finger? It's gonna stink, but what you're interested in is the colour/condition. Is fairly clear and like honey, or is it brown/black? Guess which one you'll prefer to find...

 

well its an Auto :| sorry to say. Not to happy with it, i checked it Awhile ago need to agian, the water level is fine I had a hose break on me here last month and that low water buzzer saved my behind! I then got all that fixed then ever since no water leaking, Never have to fill the water, But i allways seem to have to ad a few quarts of oil every 700 miles. So im guessing its an oil leakl, when the car is idling just sitting there it likes to smoke, when moving it seems to be ok, or i dont notice it anyways, i never really see a smoke trail behind me unless i am driving hard, I looked hard at the engine and dont see anything at all. It must be Hiding down low out of site, so the only way i might be able to see where it is leaking from is from under the car, But i dont have a Lift so that can be sorta hard to do,

 

What color smoke?

 

blue smoke

 

tranny leaking oil into the cat?

 

wtf? ^