wildfire0310

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OK been that I can't remember what color smoke means what.

My car is starting to smoke, it mostly happens when leaving a light, I get a nice small cloud of smoke, big enough to notice but not a smoke screen. I just noticed it today that I was smoking, but my roommate mention seeing smoke when my car was idling last night. I figure it had to do with the cold motor. Well when I went to heel-toe into my school, I left a james bond cloud of smoke.

here is the know condition of the car:
there was an oil leak coming from the valve cover that I fixed(no more oil been sprayed on the valve cover and no more dips)

the coolent is basicly 85-90% water, due to just replacing a bad T-stat gasket and not realizing that the coolent bottle at my place where just water

the tail shaft seal is leaking on my rx7 transmission, I am replacing that hopefully next week(waiting on a check)

the oil pressure guage was reading just under 30psi when I pulled into the parking lot, I would say about 27-28psi.

the vacum gauge i believe was reading correctly but I will know more when I drive home after school

Doppelgänger

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engine burning oil. Could be rings or valve seals. With the car running, pull your dipstick to see if there are any vapors being blown out. Thats a sign of a decent amount of blow-by.

wildfire0310

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Well I pulled the dip when I pulled up here and didn't really see any vapors but I didn't look for vapors so it may be there and just didn't notice.

Doppelgänger

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well, hold a piece of papertowel/tissue over the dipstick pipe and see if it gets pushed away.

wildfire0310

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Yea I will do that when I take a break. This just happen to be a really shitty time for my motor so start dieing.

Ben

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white smoke is water--either condensation or coolant
oil is generally slightly blue and stinky

wildfire0310

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Well the question is what would allow that much water to enter into my system to cause that much smoke.

Doppelgänger

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A lot of the time oil will look white in the mirror.... God knows when i was driving around with a broken ring land, i was blowing white smoke....and flames lol. Brian will vouch for that.

Doppelgänger

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If that were the case, it could be a warped head or bad head gasket. Next time its "smoking" at idle and you know it's not the normal vapor from a cold start, smell it to see if it has a very "sweet" smell to it. Coolant smells sweet, oil smells like something is on fire (think back to being behind my green car lol)

patsmx5

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Leakdown test will tell you EXACTLY what's wrong as well as the severity of the problem.

wildfire0310

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Can I please try to aviod having to remember that rancid smell you car gave off.

That seem like its going to be the best option but I lack the tools and the knowledge to due a leakdown. Anyone in the metro atlanta area want to help????