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Old Dec 8, 2002 | 12:07 PM
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smoke white.....possibly fuel...

OK here is the case. I drive my 88 vert everyday... When I hit about 3500 rpm my car smokes for about 3 seconds.. buts its alot. If I leave my car sitting for a week it smokes for about 5 minutes. I think its either the injector or the coolant seals. If I have an injector leak will it cause this smoke and will it give me a rich mixture.
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Old Dec 8, 2002 | 12:16 PM
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Fuel is usually black, and coolant is white. Sounds like coolant.
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Old Dec 8, 2002 | 12:20 PM
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yeah i know but why at a certain rpm...is it becaue the water pump is adding more pressure on the seals.
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Old Dec 8, 2002 | 12:23 PM
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Pressure and flow rate. How do you know it doesn't smoke at higher revs? Maybe because at that rpm+ the coolant is flowing at a rate high enough to seep through your coolant seals.

Atleast I bumped your thread up

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Old Dec 8, 2002 | 12:30 PM
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I think it is coolant as well ERAUMAZDA. Mine does the same thing. Check your overflow resivoir every once and a while, see if your coolant level drops some. When mine smokes like that, i usually have to drop in a bit of coolant into my over flow tank just to be safe.

On the subject, when you said it smokes a lot if you havn't driven it in a while, this also is the cooler seasons, and you can see condisation burning off the mufflers a lot easier. Either way, it could be one or both of the reasons.

Good luck with it

-Marshall
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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 07:52 AM
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Probably coolant and oil-high rpm smoke usually side oil seals going. If you drive it for a while above 4k rpm you will probably notice oil is low also. Had the same symptoms on my '79, was fine if I kept it under 4k but it did smoke at startup for a while until warm.
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 07:42 PM
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answer coolant----trust me----
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