[V8] oil burning and smoke..

Tim Hollister grey_wolf_x at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 29 21:04:47 EDT 2006


yep.. it looks like oil smoke.. bluish, maybe a greyish. hard to tell would have to follow in
another vehicle to see for sure

--- Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:

> What color is the smoke?   I presume you're talking about smoke coming out
> the tail pipes. 
> 
> 
> At 05:59 PM 4/29/2006 -0700, Tim Hollister wrote:
> >ok i dont know alot of the nuances of the v8's yet. i have an issue with 
> >mine smoking under
> >accelleration when below op. temps. smokes bad enough to be embarrasing. 
> >runs very smooth, has
> >good power and dont seem to be low on compression. smoke goes away after its 
> >fully warmed up. when
> >I replaced the plugs about a month ago the back plug on the pass side was 
> >oil fouled. but the
> >plugs were in bad shape and the car had been sitting for 2 years. hopefully 
> >this isnt a
> >catastrophic failure. any ideas? 
> >
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