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I notice that I am burning oil ... and probably lots of it. then again, I don't have a cat, so it is probably more noticable.

Anyway, I notice that there is quite a bit of white smoke coming out my exhaust ... would getting colder spark plugs help solve this problem at all? (ie. denso ik22's instead of ik20's ... which are currently on my car)

 
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white smoke? sounds like a coolant leak.

 
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i think oil burning is blue not sure though, coolant leak is bad, is the car ever overheating, i had this problem with my car a month ago with it over heating, but it was bc the head was loose

 
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It is the turbo. Either the seals have not seated yet, or the seals are bad. We have had the turbos have bad seals right from the factory 2 times. One was a turbo on my car, and then another one on a customer car. If it doesnt stop in another day or so, then we will know that it was the turbo.

 
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hmm ... I'll ask my friends in a couple days ...

my friends told me that it was a lot of white smoke (although I couldn't see it in my rear view mirror) ... I COULD sometimes see it when I make a quick stop though ... I smell it a lot too T_T;;

yeah ... they said "yeah, it was beyond noticable" -_-;;

 
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My car still puts out a little puff when I accelerate hard, is that normal?

 
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mine does that too, ive seen stock cars do it too, like when they just stomp the gas to the floor

 
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mines too. also sin808 noticed that on his car when we installed his kit.it could possibly be the seals on the turbo.is this factory warrantied?

 
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if i am not mistaken the smoke is normal when you stomp on it, especially is if you have turbo and if you dont have a catalytic converter

 
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it should be black not white...black just means your running rich.

 
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i dunno but i thought black smoke is bad. i was racing a mustang and i saw black smoke came out of his exhaust then we went to a stop light his car just dies. he was just stock there and i heard some noise coming from his motor.

 
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=\ ... my car still makes a LOT of white smoke ...

my friend checked underneath my car and apparently I have a (small) oil leak as well ...

this turbo is becoming to be a nightmare ... T_T;;

edit: oops ... this is aznboysrfr

 
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hey aznboysrfr: u going to get rear discs from drivetofast?

 
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eventually, yes ... I could get them in like a week or two, but then ... I'm having a bunch of problems with my turbo

 
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whats the problems that ur getting maybe we could help u out??

 
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well ...

today, I found out that I have a small oil leak ... I don't know where it is from ...

my boost controller isn't working properly ... it's greddy profec e-01 and apparently nobody has it either ... I can only hit 2.5-3.5 psi at most ...

I have a shitload of white smoke coming out of my tail pipe whenever I tap on the gas ... it is VERY noticable ...

 
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Zinky is right about the black smoke = running rich. A car can also die if it's running too rich at idle. I thought white smoke was from oil. Bluish-white I thought was from seals and gaskets.

 
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White smoke is coolant in the combustion chamber. You might have a head gasket leak. Drain the oil into a pan and check for a milky consistency. This would make you burn more oil as well...
Oil burning is bluish-white smoke, but you can DEFINITELY (sp?) smell it. Coolant burning has little smell to it.....


Oh, and colder plugs won't help a bit....

 
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white smoke is a head gasket leak? ... T_T;;

I had white smoke way before I hit even 4 psi ... I dunno ... I really doubt I have a head gasket leak ...

but yeah ... I can DEFINITELY smell oil burning ... (seeing as how I don't have a cat) ... other ppl have said the same

 
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If you smell oil burning in the exhaust, then it's most likely that...

It has to be the turbo like catalyst mentioned

 
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all i smell without a cat is exhaust. I only have white smoke come out when it is cold outside.

 
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yep ... I got a new turbo installed and it doesn't smoke ... thank goodness ... although now I have a whole new set of problems ... T_T;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;

 
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Just as a reference for everybody as stated before:
White smoke = coolant will have a sweet smell.
Blue smoke = oil smells like burning oil of course
Black smoke = rich tune if you're overly rich it could build up in your exhaust somewhere but less likely with these cars unless you're running pig rich and then you're car's going to run horribly anyway