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lots of smoke and anger
I was driving my SVX this morning on my way to work, when: I noticed a little smoke, no prob as i had seen this once or twice before, i thought. About 8 miles later i looked back to see a very havey trail of white smoke. I thought it was the oil, but it didn't overheat at all. I mad it to work quite disgruntled. Later i checked and the oil is fine, but hteres no coolant. Could the line have just been trickling and then broke? Would coolant on the block smoke? Also gas mileage seems to be terrible in these things, i get maybe 200 miles to a tank (12 gallons?). My father (a mechanic, who has fixed an svx recently [changed both front axles in an hour] ) says to just put oil where the coolant would go and just drive it the 8 miles home. Any iedes on the problem? Thanks.
BTW, now i have to drive an 1980 something 300zx to work |
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The tank, by the way, holds 18.5 gallons. I would bet that you have the same pessimistic gas gauge that the rest of us do. If I do a lot of town driving, mine will read empty when I've only used 10gal. There is a gas light, though, that I have found to be VERY consistent in my car - it comes on when I have 4 gallons left, every time.
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uhhh... pockets?/? What the H3LL are you talking about????
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But he did mention that his mileage was poor and that he thought his tank was 12gal. So I suggested what factors affect mileage and what mine typically is given those factors. Okay, so I didn't specifically say, 'I don't have an answer for your loss of coolant or smoke, but concerning your mileage...' Sorry. Jeez.
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As for putting oil in the coolant resevoir......yes please have him explain.... Ryan
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You didn't say whether the smoke was coming out of the engine compartment, or the tailpipe. Engine compartment - could maybe be a water pump gasket, blowing back on the exhaust manifold. Tailpipe - ouch, possibly a blown/cracked head/gasket.
Steve
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Accent
<OOPS! I'm sorry. It must've been his accent.>
No it was his SVX, not his Hyundai; you were right the first time. Don
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sorry, i was agitated when i posted it he didnt say put oil where the coolant goes, he said put water where the coolant goes, untill it gets home (about 8 miles). stupid mistake. Anyway, i started it after puting water in the coolant place, and it runs fine. problem is the transmission barely engages. i put it in drive and it has to be at about 4000 rpm just to inch forward. reverse is like 5k.no smoke though, but i only ran it for a couple of minutes. no engine lights come on either. maybe it isnt coolant at all, but trans fluid?
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Don't drive it any more until you do this. The transmission is extremely sensitive to heat, and without fluid flowing through it I imagine the heat could build up real fast-like. Good luck.
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Dude... mr. Pockets... I feel like and A$$clown. I diddnt even notice the part of his post that mentioned the fule mileage... I was focused on the smoke.... So when I read your reply, I was thinking.... where did tank size and mileage come from???? Sometimes I have been known to accdentally post in thewrong thred. I thought thats what you hade done, when I was just being a moron. Sorry man.... and I thought you were confused.....
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Black smoke - block smoke, oil as coolant, fule mileage, 12 gallon gas tanks.... Jeez, could somebody rewind this thread & start over?
Thanks, Ron.
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