On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Cameron Greig wrote:
> My 71 TR6 engine appears to be in good shape,excellent compressions,uses
> very little or no oil.However every time I start the car either cold or
> hot it produces a significant cloud of grey smoke.Once the car is running
> no more smoke.The car is fitted with a large bore straight through
> exhaust system and I am wondering is the exhaust gases left in the system
> when the engine is switched off are collecting and are then being blown
> out on when the engine is restarted.
Is it dark grey smoke? Over-rich carb mix will cause this (almost black)
You'll notice that the kid in the "hot-rod" Honda Civic blows a lot of it
when he peels away from the stop lights.
Also, your dashpots *may* be leaking a little oil into the engine, but I
don't think so.
-Malcolm
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