I was running my car hard the other day and my friend following me notcied I have white smoke coming out of my right exhaust. I have an APS TT kit with the APS 2.5'' exhaust and test pipes. We are both thinking it might be burning oil somewhere, however, my oil levels are all normal.

The other funny part is it is only coming out of my right exhaust pipe, whcih seems that if there is any problem it is along the right side turbo on back through the exhaust.

So the question is what possibilities do any of you F/I gurus have in mind that could help me out.

 

Read my fun

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-induction/229866-smoke-everywhere.html.

But since only your right side is smoking it's possibly a oil seal, and it doesnt take a lot of oil to make a decent amount of smoke, especially since our dipsticks suck at giving us a accurate reading. Can you smell anything odd when your car is at idle? There's some simple tests a shop can do to rule out a coolant leak.

 

does your exhaust cross over anywhere? or is the right exhaust the right bank of the motor and the left exhaust is the left bank of the motor?

White smoke= coolant (water vapor like smoke): headgasket? any milkshake appearance in the oil , pull the oil cap and look.

black/grey smoke = oil ---> if oil: rings, turbo seals, valve stem seals (unlikely)

under accel? decel? cruise? idle?


-TODD

 

Todd you get my PM?

 

it is white smoke under hard acceleration. the exhasut does not cross over, so right bank = right exhaust. Not a lot of white smoke just a small amount.

Here is a link to a picture of it.

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Orde...0710&po=711&c=


http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Orde...0836&po=837&c=

 

Yikes!

 

In General

White Smoke = burning oil or steam
Black Smoke = Gas(carbon)

 

I thought it was Blue smoke=oil, white smoke=water, and black smoke=fuel

 

It is ----Seems Jeff may --may have a little head gasket prob. Not the end of the world but keep tabs and run some tests. Put a pressure tester on ur radiator and see if u are getting a pressure rise when the engine is cold and running and watch it through operating Temp rise.
When I say --Not the end of the world, I mean that u mite have had a little head lift and time for Gaskets

 

what does the smoke smell like? That looked kindy bluish in the pic.

 

Dont know what it smells like, i couldnt get it to reoccur unless accelerating. When in neutral and revving the engine the white smoke did not occur.

I'm going to take it to my shop tommorrow and see what they can find.

 

yes... will get back to you very soon ..

thx

TODD