Smoking from engine bay
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Smoking from engine bay
So I went to drive my 1990 300ZXTT to a friend's shop in Hampton just now, and I got as far as the gas station across the street from my complex before it started smoking from under the hood. It's thin grey smoke, and not too much of it, but because the engine's so cramped I can't tell where it's coming from. It seems to be coming from somewhere around the oil dipstick. I haven't driven the car in over a month, but I've started it every other day and let it run for a minute or two. I also changed the oil about a week before I stopped driving it. Any idea why it's acting up?
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Re: Smoking from engine bay
C'mon, someone has to have a vague idea. I know people avoid Z32s like the plague, but this is serious stuff. Maybe I should just let her burn??
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Re: Smoking from engine bay
MIGHT BE SPIDER WEBS AND SUCH.
If it did it once you drove for a minute i would say that is what it is. What does the smoke smell like? Does it smell like oil/gas/tranny fluid, or does it smell like fire?
If it did it once you drove for a minute i would say that is what it is. What does the smoke smell like? Does it smell like oil/gas/tranny fluid, or does it smell like fire?
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Re: Smoking from engine bay
None that I can see. One of my friends is saying that I might have a leak in my driver's side turbo seal, and that it might be oil burning in the turbo. Lol. I'm assuming that's bad.
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And it doesn't smell like fire. Lmfao.
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Re: Smoking from engine bay
have you checked your oil levels? is it significantly lower? Blown turbo seals really aren't too expensive to have rebuilt.
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Re: Smoking from engine bay
if your turbo seals are bad or going bad you will have horrible blow by, like when you get on it, smoke will hurrle out your exhaust..so i would think youd know if that was it..just keep an eye on your coolant level and oil..whichever one gets real low you know to be the culprit...thats the best diagnosis i can give without being there to look at the car..
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if your turbo seals are bad or going bad you will have horrible blow by, like when you get on it, smoke will hurrle out your exhaust..so i would think youd know if that was it..just keep an eye on your coolant level and oil..whichever one gets real low you know to be the culprit...thats the best diagnosis i can give without being there to look at the car..
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