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Old 01-14-2009, 11:56 PM
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Question exhaust smoke????

Was driving my car home tonight when I decided to just punch it at 60mph... All of a sudden I see a bunch of smoke like a little small cloud come from my muffler pipes as I am speeding away from my rear view mirror.. Did I break something? Car ran fine I even did some more launches and the smoke didnt come out anymore. Car has been feeling like its choking sometimes, when I'm at a stop, almost like if it wants to turn off... also when i have the cutout open it even sounds like if a had a cam, just want to know if their is anything I should be worried about.
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Could you tell what color the smoke was?
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maybe get some new o2 sensors and get a GOOD tune mabe a new pcv valve to.
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Maybe you just blew some of the **** out of the exhaust that has been sitting in there for a while..
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Maybe you just blew some of the **** out of the exhaust that has been sitting in there for a while..
is there anyway to clean all that?
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Yea, more regular sessions of romping on it to blow the **** out.

These things aren't made to putt around like some old lady in a Cadillac..


I romp on mine too much..it breaks everything..lol
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Yea, more regular sessions of romping on it to blow the **** out.

These things aren't made to putt around like some old lady in a Cadillac..


I romp on mine too much..it breaks everything..lol
I'm with him^^^ Drive how they were built to be driven. I take my car to 6,800 rpms every time I take it out.
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drive it like you stole it foo.
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Yea, more regular sessions of romping on it to blow the **** out.

These things aren't made to putt around like some old lady in a Cadillac..


I romp on mine too much..it breaks everything..lol
lol i do do that when im on the hwy i was just wondering if there was some other way to clean them.

hehehe my car responds good its just that sometimes it will respond a little slow but thats right before it reaches to 210 temp so that explains it
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Originally Posted by conan
Could you tell what color the smoke was?
smoke was white.... i just noticed that my 02 sensor extensions are hanging down is that a bad thing?
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white smoke usually means coolant in the engine
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Originally Posted by jebuzws6
smoke was white.... i just noticed that my 02 sensor extensions are hanging down is that a bad thing?
just tuck em up and zip tie them some where so they dont snag on something. the car was probably just blowing out some carbon build up and if you dont have cats then that could be part of the reason to. you could always seafoam it to clean out the engine ive never done it but there is a good write up on here somewhere.
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Yea, more regular sessions of romping on it to blow the **** out.

These things aren't made to putt around like some old lady in a Cadillac..


I romp on mine too much..it breaks everything..lol
thats what im talkin about!
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have you noticed any oil loss?
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my car blew smoke after i did lt headers and off road y pipe... after i had it dyno tune it didnt blow smoke anymore.. i think you need a good tune
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What temp. was it outside? if it was cold enough and the exaust was not warm enough it could have just been steam
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you punched it and saw white smoke? did your tires break loose of the pavement? that would answer where it came from
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I would check the coolant level and take it out in the day time and get on it a few times. Make sure the car is good and hot and keep an eye in the rearview for more smoke. If more white smoke occures start checking the coolant level to see if its going down.
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Check into doing the seafoam treatment. My car felt sluggish and had a hesitation, i did that, and a 100 foot cloud of white smoke came out of the car, and now when i grab second the *** end gets loose at 50 mph. It made a huge improvement
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Originally Posted by jebuzws6
smoke was white.... i just noticed that my 02 sensor extensions are hanging down is that a bad thing?
i would check them out make sure the wires on the extensions are worn through to the wire. mine dragged one time for whole night and didnt notice because it was dark and my car is lowered,and i chewed through like 2 of the wires and the 02's were all messed up. dumping fuel in and running really rich.


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