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Smoke coming from my right rear wheel well after track run.
At first I thought it was rubber burning, nope it was oil. I may have overfilled it a bit before I went to the track, but last time I was there it smoked a little as well. Beginning to think it could be oil dripping on the heat exchangers from leaky valve cover gaskets or is it my overfilling? Cracked oil feeder tube? It's a 91' 964 with 47,000 miles on it, I got it in June. I bought it from a older couple who treated it like one of their children, but I don't think they were too good on the Porsche recommended service intervals. I have changed the oil it it two times and spilled oil inside the engine compartment, but I got all of that.(finally learned the compressed air trick with the filter). Would an oil overfill allow oil to drip on the heat exchangers and cause smoke or does someone think it's the gaskets? My first Porsche, the learning curve is steep but fun.
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09-26-2006, 07:13 PM
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Probably gaskets.
Overfilling with oil usually results in a "fogging for mosquitos" effect out the tailpipe. AFJ
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09-26-2006, 07:33 PM
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Smoke from right rear wheel....
Mr. AFJuvat I believe your right. But, how come it only does it when I run the car at the track and not when I drive it around town at normal speeds?
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09-26-2006, 07:50 PM
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Look around the gaskets as well as the camshaft oil lines. You could have a slow seep that would increase as you build and sustain higher oil pressure.
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09-26-2006, 09:29 PM
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Smoking.....
Mr.AFJuvat, thank you! I will attend to this immediately. It certainly explains the absence of smoke around town. This evening when I pulled in the pits between sessions it looked like my car was smoking a box of cigars.
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