[s-cars] Smoking is hazardous to my sanity

[Paul Friedenberg]

I'd say valve stem seals. Smoke is probably blue, but might look grey. Had
this issue with my 200 20v, took care of the problem by totalling the car.
:)


>From: "Walsh, Edward" <edward.walsh at agedwards.com>
>To: "'s-car-list at audifans.com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: [s-cars] Smoking is hazardous to my sanity
>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:06:11 -0400
>
>Greetings my smoke free S friends,
>
>The saga continues..........
>
>A little more information about my car's desire to emit a lovely plume of
>smoke after it has sat for a couple hours...If you don't recall, it smokes
>only on startup for about 30 seconds.  Driving the car ends the smoke.
>There is no (measurable) coolant or oil consumption.  No oil in
>coolant/coolant in oil. Boost/vac are strong.  Idle is smooth.  Car is
>otherwise perfect. The smoke is most likely fuel related, though its not
>black, it is whitish/gray.   I drove behind a Crown Victoria POS the other
>day and THAT was burning oil.  My car's smoke doesn't smell like burning
>oil, more like a strong NoX/Co2
>
>New data!  Now that it is cooler in N.E., I am getting (a lot) more smoke
>in
>the morning.  This seems to correspond inversely to the very low levels of
>smoke when it was 95+ degrees out over the summer... One could surmise that
>it is something to do with the cold start/enrichment system, but I throw no
>codes?  Leaky injector (still need to test that)?.  OTOH, if it is oil, it
>is not "burnt" oil, which was a very distinct and recognizable smell.  My
>leading suspect for any oil intrusion is the valve guide seals.  Anyone
>know
>how to test these for leakage?
>
>Any other tips/thoughts?  Anyone have a spare ECU so I can eliminate the
>recent MTM 1+ as the culprit?
>
>Thanks a bunch,
>
>Ed "living in a Cheech and Chong state of mind" Walsh
>
>
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