redrotaryrock8

okay i have smoke (i cant determine if its white or blue) but it comes out at specific times:

1. it will come out 2 mins after i start the car, just as the engine temperature needle starts climbing up. the severity of the smoke goes up when i am invested more on the throttle. after about 10 secs of smoke coming out, it will stop. just stop. no more will come out regardless of my speed or acceleration.

2. sometimes, just sometimes, it will come out when i am at full boost. just sometimes.

i know that i have an oil pan leak. and i lose lots and lots of oil. i put in a bottle of oil every time i fill my car up with gas.

this could be coincidence, but i noticed the smoke coming out after i put in an oil treatment bottle in my filler neck.

also, at idle while i am stopped and when the weather is hot, my car's idle will go down below 700 and then all of a sudden the car will shut down. i have noticed that the hotter the weather, the more often this happens. could it be that i need to change the coolant? does it mean that i need to replace the thermoswitch? does it mean that there could be something wrong with my tps setting?

suggestions will be much appreciated.

raiderphan

if it's not condensation then it might be coolant seals on their way out. two minutes of white smoke is an awfully long time. try smelling it to see if it smells sweet (burning coolant, assuming you have enough coolant in the mixture of course). if it's oil it'd be very blue. it'd be very easy to spot so it's not that. the puff at full boost could just be excess gas which isn't anything (it'd be a bit darker than coolant) but it could also be a sign of the coolant seals. try the champagne test and check your coolant levels and such. and try flushing it all a few times like you said.

i don't know about the other things you mentioned. hope that helps a little

aREX4X

Kinda sounds like the engine is due for an overhaul.

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