[s-cars] RE: Did you fix your car?

[Walsh, Edward]

Another data point that could indicate the turbo:

If I start and idle the car in the AM, the engine will continue to smoke for
the couple of minutes I sheepishly wait.

However, within 5-10 seconds of driving the car the smoke disappears.  I am
thinking this is because, although still in vacuum (I don't boost the car
when motor is still cold), I am putting a load on the motor which spins the
turbo thereby ejecting whatever coolant/oil that has seeped into the
compressor area/intake track overnight..

Possible?

Thanks, Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rossato [mailto:bob.rossato at att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:54 PM
To: Fred Munro; Walsh, Edward
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] RE: Did you fix your car?


> It almost sounds like a condensate cloud. This is no stranger to us Canuks
> on winter days - the car will "smoke" a long time at idle when cold, but
> driving off warms up the exhaust and the condensate cloud
> vanishes ( except
> at 40 below, but that's a different story). Unless your engine is making a
> lot of water ( or pulling coolant) you shouldn't get this on a warm day,
> which brings us back to the coolant issue.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4

That's why I was thinking it might be a coolant leak into the exhaust side
of the turbo, if that's even possible.

Bob


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