[Biturbos4] White smoke

Aurangzeb M. Agha ama at mltp.com
Mon Jan 26 10:22:35 PST 2009


Hi Grant -- *Definately* not steam!  It lingers (and smells like something 
burning).

And, as I accelerated down a street after getting off the freeway, left a 
trail of smoke that made some of the cards 50+ yards back impossible to 
see clearly in the rear-view mirror.

	Aurangzeb

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Grant Lenahan wrote:

:White smoke?  Do you mean steam?  Does it dissipate or linger?
:
:If its steam, it is either condensation boiling off ( hope this is true) or
:water entering the cylinder via either the turbo bearing or the head gasket -
:other places the high pressure typically keeps it OUT under acceleration.
:
:Incidentally, ELF excellium full-tech NF 5W40 is excellent oil.
:
:Grant



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