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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:00 PM
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Smoke question...but please read, :-)

My car smokes a hell of a lot after a cold startup now and goes away as the car warms up. I am pretty sure it is oil smoke, thick/white, and lingers. I had the check engine light come on twice. I checked the code after the first time it came on and it was the OMP. Also, the day before it started smoking I changed the oil (mobile 1 15w-50). I am almost positive that it is not overfilled also.

So, could a dying OMP be causing the smoke? I have not had the car long and it did not smoke at all before.

Any help would be appreciated.

-Adam
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:18 PM
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How is your coolant level these days? And I mean at the filler neck, NOT tho overflow tank...
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:35 PM
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It spounds like your coolant seals are bad. My car had exactly the same symptoms when mine went. You most probably need a rebuild. The car would smoke really bad(thick white smoke) and burn off after about 5-10 mins of driving.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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DAMN, bad news. I am going to go check the coolant levels and then take pic of the smoke after the car sits longer.

-adam
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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My car smokes on startup too, not bad, not allot, but it smokes, my coolant levels are always normal and it pulls really hard, Its got about 4k miles on a pettit build. I dont think smoking is such a big deal, I dont worry about mine one bit anyway
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 09:29 PM
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mine suddenly makes a cloud though
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