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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:03:24 -0500
From: cs <cobsnospamnet>
Subject: Re: Yikes!  Puff o' smoke...


My '88 9kt started doing that when I coasted to a stop at the bottom of a long expressway exit. I switched to 10w40 synthetic oil, and it practically stopped smoking. On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:56:12 GMT, "Jeremy Brown" <jerem43nospamnet> wrote: >My 86 900T started doing that, a little puff at first and it went away. >However, after time the smoke just started coming more frequently, until it >was a health hazzard. it was the turbo. It died. the seals were all rotted >and oil was bloing into the system. You could be at the beginning of the >same thing, after all the car is nearly twenty years old. My dealer said >that the turbos usally start to go after ten. > >Jeremy > >http://Jerem43.home.att.net > > > >"Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> wrote in message >news:v%eWf.285880$YJ4.42768nospamnews.blueyonder.co.uk... >> 1987, T16 Aero. >> Coming up the motorway on Sunday I thought I noticed a "puff" of smoke >> from my exhaust. The only way I could reproduce it was thus... >> >> 1/ Floor it and get it flying, (80mph ish in fifth gear) >> 2/ Let go of the throttle and ride on the overrun for about ten seconds >> 3/ Floor it again.....single puff of whitish smoke. >> >> At no time do I change gear or over rev the engine, I generally try to >> change at no higher than 4000rpm, but sometimes go to 4500rpm. In >> addition despite several attempts, I only reproduced the phenomenon >> once... >> >> She doesn't smoke under normal circumstances, and I don't get the classic >> turbo smoke if I leave her standing running for a while. >> >> What's going on? I don't appear to be losing oil, I'm not aware of any >> sign of a head gasket problem. Could this be un-burnt fuel just smoking >> off in the exhaust system, i.e. nothing to worry about >> >> OR >> >> is my beloved C900 about to go pop.... >> >> Thanks >> >> Al >> >> >> >

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