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Re: [T3] Smoke, Loss of Power...


On 27 May 2002, at 22:37, Wade Shen wrote:

> When it happened this afternoon, I pulled over and shut off the
> engine. I saw gas fumes coming out of the tailpipe.  When I started
> zippy again, white smoke came out.  I waited a couple of minutes,
> started zippy for a third time, and he ran fine for the rest of the
> day.  Anybody experience intermittent problems like this?

Start by checking your fuel overflow hose. If it is damaged you may 
have a gas tank that is half full of water from driving in the rain. This 
can be pretty intermittent depending on how much time the water 
has had to settle to the bottome of the tank.

While smoke often means unburned gas, which can be an injector 
stuck open, or just a cylinder not firing (ignition problem of some 
kind.) You have to narrow it down first. 

Blue/black smoke is usually oil, which can be normal if it happens 
only briefly after sitting overnight.

Troubleshooting by smoke color can be a problem in itself because 
your perception of the color may not be the same as someone 
else's, and the color impression is often different if you are sitting in 
the middle of the cloud than if you are viewing it from a distance.

-
Jim Adney
Madison, WI USA

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