Okay, been working on rotaries for a decade. I am just stumped.
01-14-16, 08:47 AM
#26
gxl
Most of the time when you smoke blue is an indication of your oil control seals, but when you have that milky white stuff in your oil, chances are your water seals. Do a compression test again when the car is cold and another one when is warm, and read the pressure on every face of the rotor on both a healthy engine should give you around 80psia.
01-14-16, 08:54 AM
#27
gtu
this was the car a few months ago. i cant for the life of me remember if it was warmed up already, but I believe it was cold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMxrE9-oDE
its now harder to crank from cold, and will smoke your neighborhood out. and if the idle starts surging, good god.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMxrE9-oDE
its now harder to crank from cold, and will smoke your neighborhood out. and if the idle starts surging, good god.
01-14-16, 01:16 PM
#28
Originally Posted by Rot005
Most of the time when you smoke blue is an indication of your oil control seals, but when you have that milky white stuff in your oil, chances are your water seals. Do a compression test again when the car is cold and another one when is warm, and read the pressure on every face of the rotor on both a healthy engine should give you around 80psia.
01-14-16, 06:02 PM
#29
There are some coolant passages in your intake manifold, they have to do with fast idle.
They may be leaking coolant into your intake, which may also explain the vacuum leak you have been chasing down.
That also may explain why the smoke stops after the engine warms up.
Although you may have stopped the leak with a alumaseal, I would take a good look at the intake, find the problem and replace the coolant.
They may be leaking coolant into your intake, which may also explain the vacuum leak you have been chasing down.
That also may explain why the smoke stops after the engine warms up.
Although you may have stopped the leak with a alumaseal, I would take a good look at the intake, find the problem and replace the coolant.
01-14-16, 07:08 PM
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you are seeing condensation, and since its near oil it gets goopy like that. change your oil, or drive the car on longer trips and it will get better/go away
01-14-16, 08:17 PM
#31
never seen coolant in the oil
blue smoke is generally oil burning
no way coolant can get into the engine via the AWS
the fact the smoke subsided is probably just coincidental as it usually has a direct relation to ambient temperature and humidity, cold seals take longer to warm up and become pliable to the point of sealing.
blue smoke is generally oil burning
no way coolant can get into the engine via the AWS
the fact the smoke subsided is probably just coincidental as it usually has a direct relation to ambient temperature and humidity, cold seals take longer to warm up and become pliable to the point of sealing.
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