[s-cars] Burning oil or coolant?

[Joshua Van Tol]

Are you sure you're losing coolant or oil? At -10F the car will produce a
pronounced con-trail even after being warmed up.


On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM, erikaddy at yahoo.com <erikaddy at yahoo.com>wrote:

> So I haven't driven my S4 for at least a couple of days.  It has almost
> 170k on it and tonight on the way to work I noticed excessive smoke in my
> rear view mirror.  Outside temp was -10F.  It was a short drive, so I didn't
> really have time to try and figure it out but it did seem that the smoke was
> worse when transitioning from boost to vaccum then when in the boost.
>
> So coolant or oil is the question I suppose, leading to head gasket or
> turbo seal.  Could someone please refresh me on some basic diagnostic tips?
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> Erik Addy
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