blue smoke at high rpm shift???
Sep 20, 2010, 06:48 PM
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blue smoke at high rpm shift???
today when i pulled out of my driveway and punched through 1st gear i looked behind and saw a puff of smoke come out my exhaust with a blueish tint to it... i know black is running rich and blue is oil, but this only happened once, and i havent seen the blue smoke except for that one time... is it weird that i pulled through the gears a couple times and it magically disappeared? my evo is an 03 and has a decent chunk of miles on it roughly 7x,xxx miles... this is on a FP Black setup that is only 1 month old and has about 3,000 miles on it now... any suggestions? possible valve seal or headgasket leak? 
im hoping this was a one time thing and nothing serious
im hoping this was a one time thing and nothing serious
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Sep 20, 2010, 09:37 PM
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Sep 21, 2010, 08:30 AM
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General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
Sep 21, 2010, 08:40 AM
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General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
Please do not beat on your car when it is not warmed up...if you treat her nice she will too in return.
Sep 21, 2010, 09:07 AM
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General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
General reason is that the metals are not up to temperature yet, meaning they have yet to expand to full size (remember metal expands when heated) this would allow oil in the crankcase also to possibly blow by the rings, into the chamber, combust and out the exhaust, likely that once the car warmed up this was sealed enough to not allow blow by.
What I have understood about turbo cars is that it is a reasonable/smart idea to stay out of boost (stay in vacuum) until the engine is up to full operating temperature. This is what I do for my 96k+ evo, and I just had the engine oil analyzed with great results. It helps living on a mile or so country road, I poke out of my driveway down the road, and never put my foot down until I am a good few miles away, and have been up to operating water (and oil) temperatures before going into boost at all... takes discipline [/lecture]
Agreed 100%, this is the proper way a turbo car should be driven.
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Think of driving your car like trying to please a woman. You don't just jump in there go at it full throttle, you need to warm her up before you mash the pedal in the carpet