Start up smoke?
 

My cars seals are not that old at all but the car is smoking on start up, and it's not the turbos ether, a mazda tech told me that there is a small oil tank thant lubes the intakewith oil to make sure the seals get lubed, and he said that there is a ajustment on this tank. have you guys herd about this? and if so where are the adjustments? thanks
Nyle

quite off to be a mazda tech....

he was probably refering to the MOP (metering oil pump), but it draws oil from your oil pan.

What years is your car?

Sorry guys, It's a 1993 tt and if that is what he was talking about how would I adjust it?

I'd go ahead and say don't listen to the guy. A little smoke at startup is perfectly normal especially in colder climates.

How long does it smoke, how bad, what color, what does it smell like?

it's oil smoke, it just seems like a little more then it should, it smokes for about 3 minutes.

but does anyone know where this so called oil tank is, and how it could be adjusted?

The oil jets have a pocket that is actually designed to drain down after shut-down. This lubricates and helps compression for start-up. If they were dry you would get the dreaded high whine and no start till the plugs are removed and a squirt of oil is added to each rotor.
Barry

hmmm leaky turbo maybe?

mine smokes for about 30 seconds at cold start up.. but if i let it run for a while... baby it for a while and then get on it.. it smokes a good amount... any reason why? fuel build up?? my car also says im running rich... ..... also...


i got break up at bout 6rpm... no i deal what the problem can be.. i dont have a scanner 2 hook up 2 it... i dont even know what kind of scanner i need.. i have a 93 touring... any help would be great... thanks...

needAgen3bad: Find your diagnostics box on the driver's side of your engine bay. Lift the cover, identify the terminals TEN and GND. Take a paper clip, short length of speaker wire....you get the idea, and bridge these two contacts together (with the key removed from the ignition of course). Get into your car and turn the key to the ON position, don't start it. If your car is throwing a code(s) it will flash them to you in morse code fashion.

Say you throw a code 55 for example, it will flash 5 long times and 5 short times shortly after. Do some research on the specific code(s) it's throwing and go from there.

As for startup smoke it is perfectly normal especially around 30 seconds long, and as for running rich how does your car tell you you're running "rich"?

Has your engine ever had synthetic oil in it? On of the last ones that I repaired had Mobil One in it , it smoked and the side seal orings had shrunk. They fell out of the rotors as they were removed!
Barry