Smoke came in car from the shifter?
04-03-2010, 06:36 PM
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Smoke came in car from the shifter? Ok so I was pulling onto the highway and got on it in 1st and 2nd and let off around 5k in 3rd I didnt miss a shift or hit the rev limiter or anything like that. Now when I let off about 1 sec later I see smoke comming up from my shifter, its a m6 btw. It was not a ton of smoke or anything like that but I could see it pretty well and mind you, I am going about 60 MPH now and it keeps on smoking for about 10 sec it also smelled a lot like gas it was not burning rubber or anything like that. I drive the car home took about 5 min and check the engine and nothing is leaking and it sounds normal, What could cause this, I was wondering if it could be an exhause leak or something minor like that or does this sound serious?
04-03-2010, 07:44 PM
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I dont think its that. I ran 5 gallons of 110 leaded fuel in it about 4 weeks ago, I had about 1/4 tank of 93 octane fuel when i added the race fuel and it did the same thing just not near as bad I could hardly see the smoke and it only did it once and for a very short peroid of time. O and I was just crusin at about 35 then Didnt go WOT or anything like that.
04-03-2010, 09:30 PM
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my guess would be oil comin from somewhere was getting burnt off on your headers... had this happen with my car last week when i drove the car without a dipstick in it lol
04-04-2010, 12:17 AM
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Yea but it didnt smell like burning oil it smelled like gas. I dont have cats so I do sometimes smell gas its just the smoke was kinda weird I really cant think of what it could be
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the color of the smoke tells you exactly what is causing the smoke too (gas oil etc)
04-04-2010, 06:49 PM
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Yes I got performance tune from Jeremy Formato and I only added a little then went and filled the car up so I am guessing it brought it up to around 100 octane or so. My mechanic said it would be ok. Also the smoke was white it did not look blue or black at all, kinda grey white color.
04-05-2010, 02:22 PM
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was it raining?
i had a similar thing happen to me. but it looked like white smoke and you can tell it was evaporation. specially is you have long tubes. I hit a puddle of water and it made a beautiful sound like boiling water and then the white smoke came into the cabin area via the shifter hole.
i had a similar thing happen to me. but it looked like white smoke and you can tell it was evaporation. specially is you have long tubes. I hit a puddle of water and it made a beautiful sound like boiling water and then the white smoke came into the cabin area via the shifter hole.
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Leaded race gas will burn up your 02's. Ask me how i know.
Thought i'd make my car "smell better" for the woodward dream cruise, so 5 gallons x $4.50/gal = $22.50 + new 02's ~$120 equals $142.50 tank of gas. That was mixed half/half with 93 octane.
Got a SES light? You may be dumping fuel and it may be smoking cause of that.
Just my $.02
Thought i'd make my car "smell better" for the woodward dream cruise, so 5 gallons x $4.50/gal = $22.50 + new 02's ~$120 equals $142.50 tank of gas. That was mixed half/half with 93 octane.
Got a SES light? You may be dumping fuel and it may be smoking cause of that.
Just my $.02
04-05-2010, 08:48 PM
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Leaded race gas will burn up your 02's. Ask me how i know.
Thought i'd make my car "smell better" for the woodward dream cruise, so 5 gallons x $4.50/gal = $22.50 + new 02's ~$120 equals $142.50 tank of gas. That was mixed half/half with 93 octane.
Got a SES light? You may be dumping fuel and it may be smoking cause of that.
Just my $.02
Thought i'd make my car "smell better" for the woodward dream cruise, so 5 gallons x $4.50/gal = $22.50 + new 02's ~$120 equals $142.50 tank of gas. That was mixed half/half with 93 octane.
Got a SES light? You may be dumping fuel and it may be smoking cause of that.
Just my $.02
04-05-2010, 10:04 PM
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I rich or mismatched fuel mixture will put out a light puff of dark smoke upon going WOT. Its very common as most dont notice it because its behind the car. But have someone ride right behind you and you lay into it pretty hard and I bet they will see it. However, 110 octane is still a no go. You are hurting more then helping.
