rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 07/12/14 09:43 AM Share Posted 07/12/14 09:43 AM Just noticed a very small amount of white smoke on startup at idle for maybe 30 seconds, burns up as soon as you take off. I'm not sure if it has always done it or is new. What are the likely culprits, valve stem or turbo seals? Anyway to check? Car has 190,000 kms on it. Bf xr6 turbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 07/12/14 09:56 AM Share Posted 07/12/14 09:56 AM Ya haven't had the best of luck with the car over the last few weeks, have you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/12/14 10:05 AM Share Posted 07/12/14 10:05 AM Those signs are typical of valve stem seals ButSuper un common on these bad boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 07/12/14 11:21 AM Author Share Posted 07/12/14 11:21 AM (edited) Ya haven't had the best of luck with the car over the last few weeks, have youIn fairness I have had a lot of work done in a short period of time and also driven the car very hard in that time which is a great way to discover things that were on the edge of being broken or are broken.Anyway what would you suggest I check in case this is something more serious? There is no oil being used and coolant still looks great so I'm not worried about head gasket or pistons however I would like to make sure something like that doesn't happen. Today was literally the only time I've seen the smoke so I will check first thing tomorrow and see if it happens again. Edited 07/12/14 11:25 AM by rollex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 08/12/14 01:35 AM Author Share Posted 08/12/14 01:35 AM No smoke at all this morning, nothing at all. Super weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 08/12/14 04:15 AM Share Posted 08/12/14 04:15 AM or ORrrrThat's a good thing.Maybe the other day was just a freak.. Keep an eye on it for a while still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 08/12/14 05:11 AM Author Share Posted 08/12/14 05:11 AM It was warm when I started it and it smoked so I tried a few times today after it sitting for 2 hours and 4 hours and zero smoke not even a whiff. All I can think is a leaf blew into the muffler or something as it didn't really smell like oil smoke.Bizarre.I remember my mate had a 2.6L astron magna that would randomly fill the street with smoke, then it would be smoke free for 6 months, like a valve stem would completely collapse and then fix itself magically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 2m 1d Posted 09/12/14 05:55 AM Share Posted 09/12/14 05:55 AM Blue smoke = Burning oilWhite smoke = burning coolantBlack smoke = over fuellingGrey smoke = under fuellingTake ya pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 09/12/14 07:29 AM Author Share Posted 09/12/14 07:29 AM (edited) Well it still isn't making any smoke so my conclusion is a leaf blew into the muffler.edit: Grey smoke is under fueling??? Surely running lean would mean a 100% burn and hence a very clean (carbon wise) exhaust gas? Edited 09/12/14 07:30 AM by rollex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 2m 1d Posted 09/12/14 10:44 AM Share Posted 09/12/14 10:44 AM It's a general rule to get a starting point to what is actually wrong with a vehicle, we're talking very lean fuel mixtures here, more related to diesel or carbi engines, EFI engines would probably go to limp mode or be running like a bucket of sh*te (engine light on also) before grey smoke appeared out the tailpipes, or have a mad fuel leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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