Thread: Smoke on startup
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Old 10-15-2010, 09:18 PM
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Re: Smoke on startup
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Originally Posted by oab_au View Post
I would say that is oil smoke on start up. ,( oil is blue, fuel is black, water is white), it would come from the induction some where. It could be from the Axillary air valve as Surteess says, if it is only there on the first start of the day.

Harvey.
I have seen an engine (ours), flooded with fuel, finally start and puke out this color smoke for 60 seconds (when my timing borked in Reno a while back).

I agree it looks like it could be oil smoke too.

Who did your engine rebuild?
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