oil smoke... its a tricky one.
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oil smoke... its a tricky one.
Heres the overall issue. My car burns oil and smokes at idle and ONLY at idle. Oil pressure seems to be to low to me. Its a rebuilt turbo engine with around 7-8k miles on it. I dont beat on this car one bit.
Heres the tricky part :
While my engine is warming up, say in the morning or after parked for a while, it will not smoke and oil pressure hovers between 30-60psi (depending on what the
engine temp is).
Once the engne is at operating temperature, (82-88 C ) the oil pressure drops below the 30psi mark (probably around 15-20, maybe lower at times) and the car begins to smoke. If I rev the engine a bit to raise the oil pressure, the smoke clears.
Im running 10w30 at the moment and change my oil regularly. All my engine monitoring is through my microtech hand controller an dash gauges.
I know its oil from the the color and smell. At idle im not running rich ( ~12.5-13.0 )
I am completely stumped on this one. Anyone know what it is??
Heres the tricky part :
While my engine is warming up, say in the morning or after parked for a while, it will not smoke and oil pressure hovers between 30-60psi (depending on what the
engine temp is).
Once the engne is at operating temperature, (82-88 C ) the oil pressure drops below the 30psi mark (probably around 15-20, maybe lower at times) and the car begins to smoke. If I rev the engine a bit to raise the oil pressure, the smoke clears.
Im running 10w30 at the moment and change my oil regularly. All my engine monitoring is through my microtech hand controller an dash gauges.
I know its oil from the the color and smell. At idle im not running rich ( ~12.5-13.0 )
I am completely stumped on this one. Anyone know what it is??
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