white smoke

  1. lobsta

    yet another smoke question once again..

    tell me something, if i got a hot piece of flat metal and heated it to about 500~800 degrees (assuming normal turbo operating temps), then dropped fresh engine oil on it -- let's even get specific and go with 15w-40.. what color of smoke would the burning oil produce..? white..? gray perhaps...
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  2. lobsta

    rebuilt ct9 bleeding oil?

    wondering if anyone has had their (rebuilt) ct9b seep oil. it appears that my recently rebuilt one is bleeding oil into the hot-side and it burns away as white smoke. running 15w-40 and this only manifests itself when the oil is hot (around 80 deg C). or could someone explain the white smoke to...
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    • Forum: ENGINE
  3. K

    White smoke

    hey guys..guess i need some help.. last sunD i had a prob with my starlet.. started it normally in the mornig..with a little amount of white smoke coming out.. @ first i thought it was due to condensation..then i realised it couldn't be.. opened the bonnet and there was oil all over coming...
    • Kushal
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    • oil from bov turbo white smoke
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    • Forum: ENGINE
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