How does an oil pressure reg rated too high cause oil smoke? Symptoms?
10-16-02, 08:06 PM
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How does an oil pressure reg rated too high cause oil smoke? Symptoms?
What is oil smoke? What are the symptoms and how is it caused by having an oil pressure regulator that is rated too high?
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10-16-02, 08:24 PM
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Ahhhhhhh, thank you. I didn't understand. So it probably would cause some smoke if yuo floored it and then let up off the gas as it burned the oil that pushed through.
This may actually be happening in my car
any way to test for this?
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This may actually be happening in my car
any way to test for this?
Thanks
10-16-02, 09:45 PM
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I think the sympton is YELLOWISH slime on the muffler tip. But it's ONLY APPEARING ON the DRIVER SIDE muffler while the passenger side muffler have no such yellow crap on it. Bizzard, uh? No one has yet to explain!
10-16-02, 09:53 PM
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Originally posted by RETed
It pushs the oil past the oil control rings into the combustion chamber(s).  This causes the engine to burn the excess oil.
-Ted
It pushs the oil past the oil control rings into the combustion chamber(s).  This causes the engine to burn the excess oil.
-Ted
