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> White Smoke!, White smoke for a few minutes after idle
pcrum
post Sep 2 2008, 08:54 AM
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Hi!
This morning, I was dropping my son off at school, and ended up sitting in the car idling for about 15 minutes. When I pulled out, the car smoked a lot from the exhaust, and smelled like oil. after a couple of blocks, it quit smoking and hasn't since. I drove the rest of the way to work, making sure to keep an eye out for any smoke but saw none. When I got to work, I checked again, and the exhaust was clean and odorless.
Oil is clean and just barely low (maybe 1/2 a quart,) coolant is clean as well.
Ay thoughts? Oil trap/PCV clogged?
1995 850T5r
160,000 miles
It's never smoked before.

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Pat
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post Sep 2 2008, 02:58 PM
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White smoke is coolant, but since your coolant level was good and the oil was clean, you may be just starting to develop a problem. Did it overheat recently? I'd top off all the fluids and check it a couple times every day for a couple days to see what fluids you're losing and if the condition of them changes. It will help to narrow it down if you can monitor it for a bit and see what's actually happening.
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post Sep 2 2008, 08:06 PM
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If you cant find anything wrong, then all can do is to continue monitoring...

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