vudoodoodoo

I've haven't driven my car in about a week.
Turned it on today and it smokes like usual b4 getting warmed up. But when I was driving it, I saw smoke in the mirror. I pulled over a few minutes later and checked it. It still smokes a lil bit. It was a short drive. Like 5 minutes.
Normal?

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Doesn't sound too normal to me, was it really cold that day?

Mine will smoke a little after it's been sitting for a week or so, but the smoke stops after a few seconds, not even a minute.

vudoodoodoo

Its cool today. Not cold. 50's I think.

redbase

My 93 base smokes after it has been sitting for a while (4 or 5 days). I don't have any visible oil leaks and my car doesn't use any oil either. 71K on the odo. My friends 93 r1 smokes a little after sitting as well. Now that I think about it, my 88 TII smokes a little as well. I guess it is a rotary thing!

blackscorpio

check that out, it might get rid o that smoke

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=93737

redrotorR1

Basic questions ... what color was the smoke? And did it go away after the car was warmed up? Does it still smoke on startup after the car is warmed up? Depending on how you answer, it could be 1) turbo seals gone bad, 2) engine coolant seals gone bad, or 3) just normal condensation in the exhaust line .... I'm sure you know the drill.

vudoodoodoo

The smoke is a grey color I think.
It usually goes away after the car warms up, but this time it didn't and still smoke while I was driving for a few minutes.
I don't think it's coolant seals. It a reman w/ 1500 miles.

EugeneChoe

it possibly your turbos. from what im told an oil leak from bad turbo seals will cause that. that might be why your car is smoking with a reman. man i hate this **** haha. me and a couple other friends with rx7s have the same problem. this is not a deff answer for you but take it as a lead to your cause. thanks

eugene

Midnight Hour

On my '94 VR I had a slight oil leak from a turbo seal and i would constantly smell burnt oil and it would slightly smoke. I would check around your turbo's to see if there's any oil residue around/below where it could have dripped.

Brandon

rx7qt

Mine smokes too, But Im getting it fixed

HeX

Mine smokes menthols if you care.

Alejandro

When you said you are going to fix it are you getting the turbos rebuilt or how are you going to fix it?

My car smokes since I got it and smells like gas not being burned it is running rich will this have any relation at all to the turbos?

The color of the smoke is brown.

thank you in advance

Alejandro Kuipers

vudoodoodoo

At the meet, Vosko said that my turbos are leaking oil or something.

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

That sounds like your problem. As everyone has said, leaky turbos will smoke. The amount of smoke will depend on the leak.

Until you can get your turbos rebuilt or replaced, just keep a closer eye on your oil levels. Good luck.

vudoodoodoo

Cool. It's not leaking much I think.
I don't wanna waste money rebuilding it cuz I wanna go single. But Idunno how far off that is going be.

rotary-tt

I've had the same problem for years. Seems to be a combo of a little oil and running too rich.