Smoke pouring out when parking?
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I'd have to guess oil if its a grey smoke, and if it disappates that fast, I'd shoot a random guess at an oil leak over an exhaust component.
When the car is running or driving chances are the fan is moving the smoke under the car so you don't see it (Fan wouldn't kick on till engine is hot, oil wouldn't start burning on the exhaust until its hot)
I have the same problem with my ranger right now from a leaking valve cover gasket letting a TINY bit of oil hit one of the headers. Only saw the smoke when I turned the truck off because of my Efan, and it was quite a bit for being such a small leak.
When the car is running or driving chances are the fan is moving the smoke under the car so you don't see it (Fan wouldn't kick on till engine is hot, oil wouldn't start burning on the exhaust until its hot)
I have the same problem with my ranger right now from a leaking valve cover gasket letting a TINY bit of oil hit one of the headers. Only saw the smoke when I turned the truck off because of my Efan, and it was quite a bit for being such a small leak.
agreed!
if the car has a breather on the VC then that is probably your issue, if not, i'd check the VC and see if they are leaking, may be a bad vc gasket.
I do have a breather. I do smell that once every so often, but that's not what I'm seeing/smelling now...
It doesn't smell like oil burning really and there's a quite a bit of smoke. My coworker saw it as he was pulling into his parking spot this morning same time I was...
lol
Between my E-fan, and how fast it turned to smoke, it hardly smells like oil at all it defuses so fast on the headers.
Grey smoke can't be much else unless you have a huge exhaust leak and are running pig rich for a moment when you turn off the engine.
I just went out and checked for oil anywhere - none to be found...
I did see axle grease sitting on the half-shaft though...
Could when I'm turning into a spot, it would fling axle grease onto the exhaust?
That would indeed be another source of grey smoke, Lol!
Chances are the same as the oil, when its on the cold exhaust its not smoking, with the fans running its probably defusing it, engine off, hot exhaust covered in grease, BAM cloud of smoke that is no longer being blown around.
I get oil on exhaust parts like everyday at work and it's generally blue....it also smells pretty apparent there's oil.
That sucks...the good news is you can get it fixed within an hour if you go to Lake Cook CV Axle. I've taken my axles there over the past couple of years. I guy's name is John that I normally deal with. They are really reasonable for repairs.
http://www.dexknows.com/business_profiles/lake_cook_c_v-b170625
When you pop out the axle, fluid will pour out so use a bucket or large drip pan.
noooo pcv function...so crankcase needs to get vented and all internal pcv passages removed
drivers side inner axle grease has no easy way of making it onto an exhaust part...and the inner doesnt see more than a degree or two of angularity in turns....
does it still have them hacked rails?
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