SVX Network Forums Live Chat! SVX or Subaru Links Old Lockers Photo Post How-To Documents Message Archive SVX Shop Search |
IRC users: |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
anyone?
anyone know what the cause of a sporadic puff of smoke upon startup...Everytime that ive noticed it its been white..Which I always thought was a head gasket or something like that, but the smell is similar to that of a tractor when it first starts...Thats the best way i can describe it...Any help is greatly appreciated...Also ive been getting an intermitten check engine light with very rough idle but everytime I check for codes nothign comes up??? any help with this would also be greatly appreciated...Thank you
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
That does seem odd. The ECU should store the codes on a 92. Can you borrow a working one from somebody?
Does the coolant level stay? |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Are you sure it's not condensed water evaporating as the exhaust system heats up?
__________________
Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Possibly a leaky injector? Puff of smoke is the excess gasoline being ingnited? Just a guess.
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
ok
well i didnt know that my ecu wasnt working???i thought it was..When i do the test the power light just blinks consistently so i thought that meant there were no codes???it happend again today on the way home from school for lunch but this time it stayed on for about 3 mins or so normally it goes away once i start going or after a little while it will just go away...Its definitely not just condensed water as it has a very i guess the word im looking for is "rich" smell to it...Honestly it smells exactly like when you start up a riding lawn mower, and its not only when its cold or has been ran hard, however i think it happens more so than not when the car is ran hard so i try not to do that...Also on the way back to schoool i went to pull out and do a uturn and kinda got on the gas and noticed about a 20ft tire mark i had made with my inside front tire...I take it this means the transfer clutch is gone??? Any way to see if its a leaky injector???would it happen all the time if it was an injector?
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Re: ok
Quote:
As for "all the time," not necessarily, especially if it's a very slow "seepage." It depends upon how much fuel has accumulated between the time you've parked it and the next time you start it.
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
alright
here's what i got from reading the codes...Nothing came up when checking the codes while the car was running but when i read the codes with the engine off i came up with 1) 24- Bypass air control solenoid valve 2) Purge control solenoid valve
any ideas as to what these do and if they would be the cause of the problems im having with the spoartic rough idle and check engine light???IF they are the cause what can i do to replace them???any help is greatly appreciated thank you again |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
anyone???
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
no worry
no worry bro when you get a chance that would be awesome
|
#11
|
|||
|
|||
bump
bump for codes
|
#12
|
||||
|
||||
I have had the same symptoms you do. Puff of white smoke on startup sometimes - smells like a tractor or snowmobile. It only happens for me when it is cold out and I have narrowed it down to only happening when I buy gas at a certain local sphinx station (92 octane). It does not happen consistently - maybe twice a week if it is cold and I got the gas from that place. I don't have a check engine light.
I am almost positive it correlates to that places winter gas. I can go a couple tanks at another place and never see it and then fill up at the sphinx and it might smoke. I have had it happen with the car being cold from 4 hours to overnight but never after only a short stop. I had this happen last year at this time of year and never saw it again all spring/ summer even with buying gas at this place. I put new fuel injectors in a year ago so it shouldn't be a leaky one - but with how inconsistent the problem is I wouldn't know how to narrow it down to one.
__________________
Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P. |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
Re: bump
Quote:
Randy
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Re: bump
Quote:
How does a one-armed wallpaper hanger with a bad case of crabs smoke a cigar?
__________________
Larry III & The Beautiful Naviguesser '19 Tungsten Pearl Outback 3.6R Ltd...."AISHA" '08 Harvest Gold Outback 3.0L. L. L. Bean...."AIJOU" '07 Gray Diamond Pearl Outback XT Ltd..."AH SO" '05 White Pearl & Silver BAJA Turbo..."AH HA" '97 Bordeaux Pearl SVX LSi..."SUBYDOO" '94 White Pearl SVX LSi..."PEARLY" '92 White Pearl SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."SVXY" '92 Teal SVX LSL w/touring pkg..."ALCYONE" '96 Polo Green LSi ... "MIDORI" '00 Black Dodge VIPER RT-10... "VINNIE" Engineers do it with precision. English teachers are novel lovers. Home: larrysingeriii@comcast.net SVX FEVER, CATCH IT AT A MEET NEAR YOU !! |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
-adam |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|