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96 Gsx Awd
01-30-2008, 01:34 PM
My buddys car is fully tuned and has a lot of upgrades like me with a 6bolt arps, esc. He has his car stored right now and he starts it up every once in a while. Well after it runs for about 3 mins it will start smoking out tail pipe but after a lil while it will stop. What you guys think it is? Thanks for the help :split:

dedlewamp
01-30-2008, 02:46 PM
Well, sounds like valve guide seals to me, but it's hard to say based off your description. What's the smoke smell like? Oil, coolant, gas?

Shane@DBPerformance
01-30-2008, 02:55 PM
Could be oil from valve seals or the turbo. Or just water burning off from sitting so much.

Goat Blower
01-30-2008, 03:34 PM
What color is it? I just had a headgasket failure for no apparent reason after 1500 miles. It's rare but it does happen.

96 Gsx Awd
01-30-2008, 04:42 PM
its a light blue its not black. If i had to say a smell i would say a mixture of probly oil and gas. Its just weird how it does not do it right when you start it up it take like 3 min then it does it but then it goes away after ten min of driving. kinda weird to me, plus it is a newer motor like 5000 miles on it.

Goat Blower
01-30-2008, 05:07 PM
It's oil. Probably seals or the turbo as others have stated.

HiImBrian
01-30-2008, 05:13 PM
btw, starting your car just every once in a while during storage isn't helping much. After it sits for a while most of the oil drains into the oil pan which can be hard on the motor when you go to start it. I would park it and let it sit until he decides to start driving it regularly again.

96 Gsx Awd
01-30-2008, 06:54 PM
Cool thanks guys