enRo
05-29-2014, 06:18 AM
Ok, so I got my car finished (finally). So I sent it down to Tune Time in Lakewood two weeks ago for a dyno tune. While it was there, they replaced the oil pan gasket, spark plugs, and changed out the rod bolts. Ran great and put down good numbers.
Fast forward to yesterday- I picked it up, and noticed some intermittent "smoke" in my first 5 minutes of "35mph driving". I figured it was some condensation from sitting for a few days and being so humid out. So I kept driving, and about 15 minutes goes by, and I see some more white smoke, this time when I'm going about 50mph on Rt 9. And it wasn't like your typical "blowing smoke" where it dissipates real quick... that smoke lingered around for a good 5 seconds. All the while, the car was running great. Then 30 minutes into my trip, the car stalls at 45mph after I let off the throttle while it shifted into third. I thought that was kind of weird, maybe unrelated, who knows. Anyway, I get onto Rt 18, then Rt 287 and the car is running great, seeing no smoke in the rearview. Then I hit some stop and go traffic on Rt 10, and thats when the car became an intermittent fog machine. It would blow white smoke, it would stop for 5 minutes then blow a little white smoke, then stop for a couple of minutes. On and off for the rest of the ride. I asked my girlfriend who followed me up if she smelled anti-freeze when it was blowing smoke, and she said no. The whole ride other than the stallout was great.
So when I got home, I checked the oil and anti-freeze. Oil was normal, not milky or anything, and the coolant was a little below the "Level when hot" line, but no bubbles or anything suspicious with the texture of the fluid. So I topped off the coolant. I wiped my finger around the inside of the tailpipe, figuring I would get a good wiff of that sweet antifreeze, but just normal non-catted exhaust stenchl. The heads & gaskets were replaced ~250 miles ago, so unless they need to be re-torqued, I'm clueless.
Just for clarification, the smoke was white, not blue/white, or black.
Thanks
Fast forward to yesterday- I picked it up, and noticed some intermittent "smoke" in my first 5 minutes of "35mph driving". I figured it was some condensation from sitting for a few days and being so humid out. So I kept driving, and about 15 minutes goes by, and I see some more white smoke, this time when I'm going about 50mph on Rt 9. And it wasn't like your typical "blowing smoke" where it dissipates real quick... that smoke lingered around for a good 5 seconds. All the while, the car was running great. Then 30 minutes into my trip, the car stalls at 45mph after I let off the throttle while it shifted into third. I thought that was kind of weird, maybe unrelated, who knows. Anyway, I get onto Rt 18, then Rt 287 and the car is running great, seeing no smoke in the rearview. Then I hit some stop and go traffic on Rt 10, and thats when the car became an intermittent fog machine. It would blow white smoke, it would stop for 5 minutes then blow a little white smoke, then stop for a couple of minutes. On and off for the rest of the ride. I asked my girlfriend who followed me up if she smelled anti-freeze when it was blowing smoke, and she said no. The whole ride other than the stallout was great.
So when I got home, I checked the oil and anti-freeze. Oil was normal, not milky or anything, and the coolant was a little below the "Level when hot" line, but no bubbles or anything suspicious with the texture of the fluid. So I topped off the coolant. I wiped my finger around the inside of the tailpipe, figuring I would get a good wiff of that sweet antifreeze, but just normal non-catted exhaust stenchl. The heads & gaskets were replaced ~250 miles ago, so unless they need to be re-torqued, I'm clueless.
Just for clarification, the smoke was white, not blue/white, or black.
Thanks