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PostSubject: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 1st 2008, 3:25 pm

ok so my car is smoking out of the exhaust. its a white smoke but not antifreeze. the hot pipe is dry (no oil). the ECU is tuned to run really rich to avoid running lean. so my question is if the engine is running rich should it smoke at idle? it doesn't smoke when im driving only at idle. scratch
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 1st 2008, 8:46 pm

Cup your hand around the exhaust, let it ldle for a short time and smell your hand.

If you smell fuel, its rich.
If it smells sweet, coolant.
If you smell crap, buy better toilet paper.
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 1st 2008, 10:59 pm

240sx4u wrote:
Cup your hand around the exhaust, let it ldle for a short time and smell your hand.

If you smell fuel, its rich.
If it smells sweet, coolant.
If you smell crap, buy better toilet paper.

LMAO!!!
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 2nd 2008, 1:56 am

white = coolant
blue = oil
grey = fuel
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 2nd 2008, 8:08 am

Thanks guys, yea its running really fukin rich. its grey smoke so yea fuel. not to mention my eyes water when im at a stop light LOL
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 2nd 2008, 4:30 pm

why is it so rich? there is no need for that.
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeAugust 2nd 2008, 4:48 pm

well its yet to be tuned. i had a guy look at it and said i could drive it but it was going to run really rich. but i didnt know it was that bad. do you know if midwest performance in cary is still in buisness? i need a dyno tune
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeSeptember 10th 2008, 10:47 am

are you sure it is not a head gasket? mine was smoking like a fucxxx old train. people almost died at the meet. LOL
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeSeptember 10th 2008, 6:31 pm

^ yes i did.
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeSeptember 20th 2008, 2:21 pm

Get a wide band o2 and you would know exactly where it is at... you're probably way under 10 AFR if its smoking at idle..
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PostSubject: Re: car is smoking.   car is smoking. Icon_minitimeSeptember 22nd 2008, 11:00 am

yeah i fixed my head gasket and still smokes, checking AFR is not bad idea Smile i might have to look into it.
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