Guest corey_jorg Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 alright. 1999 ford econovan swb 2.0L petrol. serviced every 5, 183clicks. my daily, is starting to smoke on start up and is getting embarrasing, i dont tend to care but the 2 older ladys who had to walk through the cloud today didnt appreciate it. its a fairly solid white maybe slightly bluey cloud that doesnt disapear (on happens on startup) i never noticed it before until the local did an oil change on her (maybe i just started to notice from then) which at ruffly the same time i put a litre or 3 of 2stroke mix out of my mazda into the tank to "use it up" hasnt stained the rear bumper or anything but has left a few black marks on the driveway from starting in the morning. what does everyone think it is. and am wanting to know if a bother spending a few bucks on the "no more smoke" products out there or not. cheers in advanced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AllTorque Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Could be valve stem seals. Or rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corey_jorg Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 just curious on why its started to happen. has been treated well. hasnt done to many kms etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muncie Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Moreys upper cylinder lube will tame it back a bit and switch to some thicker oil Castrol gtx and moreys (Bought for my trumpy) stopped this same problem in my wifes honda. Oh and check your pcv valve might be choked. 183 clicks is getting into the later stages of life for most engines treat it nice and feed it oil will live for ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coldturkey Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 The people that did an oil change might have put a thinner oil in then it had before and it is now seeping past rings and burning it? Edit: once warmed up possibly the tolerances might close up and stop the oil burning? Once warmed up let it idle for a couple mins and then get someone to give it some healthy revs while you inspect the colour/amount of smoke that comes out exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nigelwade Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 ..... the same time i put a litre or 3 of 2stroke mix out of my mazda into the tank to "use it up" haha, you've got oil in your petrol; fill your tank completely, dilute that stuff, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nigelwade Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 .... oil change might have put a thinner oil in then it had before and it is now seeping past rings and burning it? Edit: once warmed up possibly the tolerances might close up and stop the oil burning? this is a really good thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corey_jorg Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 haha, you've got oil in your petrol; fill your tank completely, dilute that stuff, Was 2 months ago I did this. Has smoked randomly since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KIRK Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I always put twostroke mix in my van and it never smokes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AllTorque Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Just a thought. Have you checked the oil level? It could be over full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corey_jorg Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Alltorque yea checked it a day or 2 ago and was sweet. Will check again after work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.