Just out of curiosity - what would make a car start with a nice cloud of
smoke coming out of the exhaust, only to clear up after running for maybe a
minute? There is no sign of excessive oil consumption but then I have
enough cars that each one usually only gets 2-4k miles per year, not enough
to get an idea of oil consumption with two to three oil changes per year.
The car is actually a Toyota Landcruiser but the engine is still very
similar to a B engine - a straight 6 with pushrods, tappets, etc, so the
problem shouldn't be too unusual to some of you out there.
Its not a big deal, but with barometric pressure on the rise today, I left
a good cloud of smoke to kill any mosquitos within a 50 foot radius of the
car this morning. It won't smoke again until the next morning I start it as
it only happens on a cold engine.
Any ideas?
David
67 BGT
72 B
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