Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:17:14 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Low Mileage '83 Turbo Smokey Exhaust at Start
Strom wrote: > My 135 K '83 900 Turbo has been running beautifully. I run > mobil 10-30 W synthetic oil. But as the weather has turned cool, > I seem to have developed a strange problem. I don't appear to be > burning oil, but when I start the car, I get a little smoke from the > exhaust, > which increases for the first mile or two, and then seems to go away. > > I lost a alternator waterpump belt a few weeks back, and the engine did > badly overheat. I changed the oil and oil filter. What should I look for? > Could it be a valve problem? A turbo problem? Most likely causes: turbo seal or valve stem seals. My money's on the turbo seal. -- Grunff
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