Fonix_Monkey

My car always spat a bit of white smoke on start up but never too much. The other day i started up my car and it spat out a tone of whit somke and wont stop. to be fair i havent kept it runig for long enough to get the car warmed up but it dosnt seem to be stoping. The day before i just changed the oil and filter but i went for a drive later that day and it didnt smoke then. any advice would be gratley apreciated thnx

Rx7Kidd

maybe a leaking apex seal would be my guess, if you changed the oil maybe some pressure increased and killed it. dunno though, just my thoughts.

Fonix_Monkey

If its seal then its an enging rebuild isnt it

e30user

What weight oil did you put in?

Unsupa

iTrader: (2)

real thick white smoke? that's most likely a coolant seal, might be time for a rebuild..

SparkienSuggah

another thought: dont put in 8 litres of oil... it gets sucked up the stock PCV system and smokes like a sonuvabitch. i figured that a dry rotary needed a little more than stock fill and just dropped in 8L (around 2 gallons btw) and sure enough, smoke like crazy, sometimes and not others... confused the **** outta me until i checked the oil and it was RIGHT UP to the top of the dipstick...
oops.

Spirit Rx-7

iTrader: (15)

it could be from too much oil. Mines does that the next day after the oil change, it dosnt do it right after.

smnc

Is it fuel-injected or carb? If it's injected, check the water thermo sensor and connector...

FB II

*sigh* loooks like this thread might come in handy for you. a leaking coolant seal does not automatically = a rebuild. you can get around it very well by following the procedures here:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=prestone

Kentetsu

LOL, thank God somebody finally saved this thread from the header it was taking!

Fonix_Monkey

Thnx for all the info guys i checked the oil dipstick and it was about 1 and 1/2 cm over the full line so hopefully thats problem and i dont have to rebuild. thnx again for all the help.