smoke??--- fixed

[NecroWolf]

just a bit ago i was drivin the ty and merged into traffic and it started jerking and stuttering and was smoking really bad. i put the throttle down building a little boost and it cleared right up? i haven't had a chance to look at it since it's dark. only reason i saw the smoke was the headlights behind me. anyone got any input?

 

[DynaGlide]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

Blow-by: check your compression.

I don't suppose you'd have been able to tell since it was dark, but, blue or white smoke? Any distinct smell?

 

[NecroWolf]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

looked white from what i could see in the headlights and i did a compression test a couple weeks ago and got around 150 for all six cylinders. couldn't smell anything. something in my head keeps saying it's a vacum thing. cause when i boosted up it went away.

 

[DynaGlide]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

White smoke is indicative of a water leak, but if your compression is okay, your head gasket is probably okay. You're probably right: it's probably a vaccuum thing. => cheaper

 

[93ty475]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

It's very difficult to determine smoke color when you're driving at night using headlights behind you as reference....see if you can make it smoke on your driveway by brake torquing it a little and see what color it is....Could even be your turbo starting to show normal signs of wear....maybe a turbo seal is seaping oil and when you floor it, it clears out once the air really gets moving......It's probably nothing but a rich puff though if you're running stock calibration and not a custom tune.....

 

[NecroWolf]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

i'm leaning toward the turbo seals, being as the truck has 117k miles on it. just waiting till i can afford that gt35r w/ some 50lbs injectors and a custom tune and the rest of the goodies

 

[NecroWolf]

Re: smoke??

Re: smoke??

i am a ****ing idiot. i fixed the smoke problem. turned out when i was under the hood a while back and rerouting my pcv valves, i had a couple layin around and mixed them up and lost my pcv for boost. so i was dumping boost into my crank case. easy fix, got some longer line routed that hose straight to my air intake and capped off the throttle body line.

 

[93ty475]

Re: smoke??--- fixed

cool....does that mean you're gonna slip down to austin then? how's the wife doing?

 

[NecroWolf]

Re: smoke??--- fixed

well right now my wife is on bedrest for about another month. she's doin good but we're worried about her goin into early labor and she's only 32 weeks. dr told her she couldn't even go grocery shopping at wal-mart. so as much as i'd luv to come down i gotta hang here.