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Old 10-01-2003, 05:03 PM
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White smoke from my exhaust when accellerating slightly. What might it be?
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Old 10-01-2003, 05:05 PM
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Might be something less worrysome...any abnormal noises?
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Default No there are no abnormal noises, but have smelled burning oil occasionally. Took it into the dealer
and they found nothing.
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Default Could be coolant?
Perhaps you blew a headgasket?
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How could it be coolant?
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Default Coolant or oil leak...
could be getting burned up. Check your oil and coolant levels for a leak. Does it happen under full boost, or when you just tap the gas?
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just tapping the gas. Probably around 3-4k rpms - the car was cold also?
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Default I'd be more worried if it happened under full boost.
If it doesn't happen when the oil gets warm then it might have to deal with cold-starts. There was a post a few days ago about some smoke coming out and rough idle on cold-starts. I think they had the dealer run a injection cleaner? If it keeps occuring I'd take it back to the dealer and try to repeat the symptoms?
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Well, I did have some rough idling yesterday. Thanks for your help !
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No prob! Hope you get it fixed! :-)
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