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Pajing 11-14-01 10:16 AM

Car smoking at start up if it sits for more than a day.
 
My car smokes if it sits for more than a day. If I drive it daily it is fine. I only drive it on the weekends, so every weekend when I start it up, it smokes for about three minutes and then it is fine. WHat is wrong???

Mahjik 11-14-01 11:36 AM

As long as the smoke doesn't smell like coolant, then it's normal.

What color is the smoke?

EDIT: DOH! For some reason I though you have a 3rd Gen. I'm not sure if the same thing applies to 1st Gens...

Northern 7 11-14-01 11:37 PM

Mine smokes too on start up each morning then clears up after about a minute. I don't want to say it's normal, however, a lot of the 1st gen's do this - I assume you are talking bluish smoke. Rotary seals (o-rings) are a nemisis - the good news is that it doesn't impact performance - don't worry about it, just keep an eye on your oil level.

Xentrix 11-16-01 10:07 AM

Yeah, sounds like the seals, does it smoke up near redline?

ForceFed 11-16-01 10:27 AM

If a 3rd Gen burns a lot of oil upon startup, what seals might this be attributed to? my CYM burns a considerable amount of oil upon start up recently, and it also developed an oil leak right around the same time. What would cause this?

Darril


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