shinzon
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- Sep 11, 2006
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St. Petersburg,
Florida
Fix one thing, another thing breaks....
I've been noticing what appears to be white smoke coming from my tailpipe if I leave the '96 idling for a few minutes.
White smoke would suggest coolant, but as far as I can tell it doesn't smell like anti-freeze, and since this is Florida and it's already in the 80s, it's not condensation. I drained and replaced the coolant, and the oil, and I see zero evidence of the two mingling. I'm also not noticing the coolant level dropping as much as one would expect if it were burning off.
I'm going to do a compression test this evening.
So where does that leave me? If it's actually coolant, I guess it could be coming from the Turbo--it's from a '91 and has never been rebuilt. I recently replaced the FLAV gasket, so maybe is leaking in through the throttle body?
Any advice?
One thing I'm going to check is the PCV valve. Obviously wouldn't cause coolant to burn, but I replaced it with a cheap parts store valve, and when I recently did a BLT I noticed significant amounts of air coming from the breather port on the valve cover. Maybe it's actually oil?
I've been noticing what appears to be white smoke coming from my tailpipe if I leave the '96 idling for a few minutes.
White smoke would suggest coolant, but as far as I can tell it doesn't smell like anti-freeze, and since this is Florida and it's already in the 80s, it's not condensation. I drained and replaced the coolant, and the oil, and I see zero evidence of the two mingling. I'm also not noticing the coolant level dropping as much as one would expect if it were burning off.
I'm going to do a compression test this evening.
So where does that leave me? If it's actually coolant, I guess it could be coming from the Turbo--it's from a '91 and has never been rebuilt. I recently replaced the FLAV gasket, so maybe is leaking in through the throttle body?
Any advice?
One thing I'm going to check is the PCV valve. Obviously wouldn't cause coolant to burn, but I replaced it with a cheap parts store valve, and when I recently did a BLT I noticed significant amounts of air coming from the breather port on the valve cover. Maybe it's actually oil?
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