carolinaTurboII

well, i park my tII last night and when i come back out to crank her up in the morning it wont crank. after a couple of failed attempts she cranks up and runs but with a little smoke coming out the tailpipe. after it warms up a little i throttle up softly and smoke is everywhere...well.... just out of the exhaust and the turbo maybe. i'm preety sure that i need a new turbo but i was just wonderin what else it could be since the car was running rough. thanks guys!

mazdaverx713b

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it could be that it was slightly flooded and running rich. the smoke could be from the flooding and the rich running of the cold start enrichment process. usually rich smoke is more of a brown but i've had 7's that smoke a little grey/white after sitting or flooding and all was fine. take the car out and run it a little and see if the smoke clears and the engine runs a bit better.

carolinaTurboII

i'm hoping thats all it is, but would it be coming from the turbo side too? i'm very new to rotaries.

carolinaTurboII

ok, while tryin to crank up this morning it started back fireing and would crank over but then idle out. please tell me i didn't blow my motor.

mazdaverx713b

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not sure what you mean by idle out....

fusion-turbo

Check your compression to be sure, but does the exhaust smell of gas? If so, running rich can cause you to backfire. Check your plugs to make sure theyre not fouled.

carolinaTurboII

i just put them in on monday. but i guess running rich will foul them bad. but no one can answer my question: would smoke come from the engine bay aswell as exhaust?

Mankdrake 2661

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Smoke from the engine bay is probly from an exhaust leak(i.e. bad gasket).

When it's running do can you hear the exhaust note from the engine bay?
Or does it(engine bay) smell like exhaust?

jm93rx7

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mine with a bad oil seal http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...79344882745239

Mankdrake 2661

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^^^^psssst^^^^^
Bad link!

jm93rx7

iTrader: (7)

now try

Mankdrake 2661

iTrader: (8)

That's a butt load of smoke!!!!!

jm93rx7

iTrader: (7)

yes it was

carolinaTurboII

damn thats alot of smoke. but yeah, i have bolt backing off the down pipe.... well damn.... that might just be it. if i have a bad oil seal, does that mean my motor's ****?? can you tell i'm a newb to the rotary?

Mankdrake 2661

iTrader: (8)

A bad oill seal in the turbo just means your turbo is going to need to be rebuilt or replaced soon IF it truly is oil burning. If it's a gassy smoke then you're just running rich.

So before tearing out your turbo make sure it is the turbo smoking!

turbo-111

but if you put a stand alone or piggy back wont that elimante the cold start problem ?

rx7 FC TII

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im pretty sure the only way you can eliminate the cold start assist is to remove it....i could be wrong but im not sure about the standalone

ROTARYROCKET7

same thing happened to me. I got 20w-50 oil in my Na FC. It was cold the other day like 10 degrees F and the car wouldnt turn over. TOday it was 45 degrees so i started her up and she spit out a bunch of white smoke, but after that it went away. Felt like it was CHOKING and farted out something. Now shes fine

Jason NYC