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Old 10-15-2010, 05:13 PM
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Re: Smoke on startup

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.

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Old 10-15-2010, 07:19 PM
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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.

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Hey Harvey,
I wonder if the quality of my video makes it look blue. It looks white to me, but I want to try that AAVC. If it is white smoke what would that mean? Where is the AAVC located. Pics would be appreciated.
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Old 10-15-2010, 08:18 PM
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I wonder if the quality of my video makes it look blue. It looks white to me, but I want to try that AAVC. If it is white smoke what would that mean? Where is the AAVC located. Pics would be appreciated.
It may be my screen.

If it is only on the first start up for the day, and disappears within a few minutes, or every start up?

It has to come from somewhere.
Water would have to come from the cooling, so the water level in the rad will drop.
If it is fuel, it like to be a leaking injector, that the residual pressure is leaking through when you turn it off. Also from the fuel pressure regulator, vacuum hose.

The AAVC is under the left/rear side of the inlet manifold, you can see the two hoses that go to it. Pull the hose off the air box, see if there is any oil in it.

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Old 10-15-2010, 09:18 PM
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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.

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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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Old 10-16-2010, 08:33 AM
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Re: Smoke on startup

This place called triwerks, but it was before I owned the car and the place has since shut down (wonder why). I just hope it isn't something big, but it will be 2 weeks til I am back to look at it. It seems to be every start up but like I said I haven't been driving it so maybe I need to take it for a spin, and then see if it is still smoking.
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This place called triwerks, but it was before I owned the car and the place has since shut down (wonder why). I just hope it isn't something big, but it will be 2 weeks til I am back to look at it. It seems to be every start up but like I said I haven't been driving it so maybe I need to take it for a spin, and then see if it is still smoking.
If you dont hear a bad injector or the cleaner doesnt work, you may have to bite the bullet and do a compression check on your cylinders. Rebuilding an engine is an art and not everyone can be trusted to do more than a mediocre job. If they incorrectly honed the cylinders or installed parts or seals wrong or without care, then it would show up way before a normal engine would be expected to burn oil.
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Old 10-17-2010, 11:24 AM
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CHECK THE HOSES ON THE AACV - it costs you nothing to do this in the morning (before you start car up) - there should be NO OIL INSIDE!!!
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Old 10-17-2010, 03:36 PM
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So there were four spots under my car today. Possible it is oil and power steering fluid, but i think its oil. I gotta to that AAVC as soon as i get back from out of town.
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Old 10-17-2010, 08:48 PM
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Yeah definitely check the aux valve and you can use a white paper towel to help you identify whats dripping.
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Old 10-17-2010, 10:55 PM
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Re: Smoke on startup

The whole underside looks like it is dripping. Definitely valve cover gaskets and the rest I have no idea. I will have to wipe a lot out of there. Thanks for all the help thus far, I really don't want to sell my car.
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