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engine smoking at idle
so here is the story. test drove the car, ran great. get it home after purchase, drive it about 10 miles, stop off at my garage and top off oil because it was low on the dipstick. took to quarts, now its at max. drive about 3 miles, stop at a red light, after 30 seconds at idle, smoke starts pouring out of the exhaust, i pull over. it smells of oil. no loss of power and engine still idles good, just tons of smoke. so after a few minutes of idle smoke gets light. i try to drive it home. after about 200 yards of driving, smoke is all gone. stop at another light after about 30 sec. starts smoking bad again. long story is, when it is at idle it smokes something crazy but after a few hundred yards of driving it goes away completely. checked oil again, it is at max. what the heck is happening?
its in my 73 with a 3.0 transplant. brian.
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03-21-2006, 06:16 AM
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overfilled.
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03-21-2006, 06:29 AM
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well im going to drop the oil today and fill, i was going to go with 9.5 quarts, it appears that my dipstick might not be trustworty, did i do any damage to the engine?
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03-21-2006, 06:49 AM
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Quickly drain 2 liters, keep the level midway between max/min with engine hot and running.
With engine off, open the airfilter cover, remove airfilter, clean out oil from airbox with rags. Use Injector cleaner at some point (2 cans on 80 liters) and run it hot for a while.
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haha
you get the new owner dummy award for today. Your officially initiated. Now drain some oil out... check it hot and running next time.
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03-21-2006, 07:14 AM
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thanks. but in my defense i did check and add the oil with the engine hot., not running though.
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03-21-2006, 07:20 AM
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You have two 911's and one 912 and you check the oil with engine off?
Drain oil out on all of them and get a manual, please!
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03-21-2006, 07:27 AM
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if you can believe it, that was the first time i have ever even driven one, the other two are resto mods, i have done rebuilds on them, and i have probably every manual under the sun, just made that stupid mistake. im usually alot more careful, its a bit embarrasing
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03-21-2006, 07:41 AM
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it makes perfect sense now, when you check the oil while the car is not running all it is taking in account is the oil in the exterior container, not the oil in the crankcase, i cant believe i made such a stupid mistake.
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03-21-2006, 10:53 AM
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already have that one, but it was with my other project car at the time, maybe i need two copies.
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ME 262 (SOLD)
Colibri
Gas Mizer
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