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Title: Smoke I thought....
Post by: megaomega123 on 13 July 2007, 17:18:27

that was coming from oil onto the manifold is not the case. Just finished putting everything back together after doing cam cover gaskets and breather system. I had smoke before I did it, coming from the drivers side manifold region. This prompted me to do the gaskets.

However when I started the car it went nuts, ran really bad for 5 minutes then seemed to clear. I still have the same smoke and it is coming from the pipe that goes from manifold to EGR. I think this is the right thing I am talking about. What is causing this and how do I stop it?

Thanks

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: Dave-C on 13 July 2007, 17:53:28

Any Photo's????

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: megaomega123 on 13 July 2007, 18:02:58

Just started raining so not yet. After closer inspection it seems to be further back than the EGR pipe, the same area as before doing gaskets.

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 13 July 2007, 21:24:18

It could be old oil burning off, from the leak you just cured.

I had a car once that still whiffed oil after a fair few miles...

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: megaomega123 on 13 July 2007, 23:59:03

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It could be old oil burning off, from the leak you just cured.

I had a car once that still whiffed oil after a fair few miles...

I thought that. I might just let it go a few miles and keep an eye on it. How badly and for how long should it rune really rough after cam cover gasket change? I had to switch off 3 times as it sounded so bad it was shaking in it boots big time.

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: Markie on 14 July 2007, 00:16:55

after any form of mechanical work a slight rough edge, strange smells and also some smoke is normal.

However not for the duration and to the extend your describing.,,,let us know how it is in the morning  :y

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 July 2007, 11:40:17

Is the ICV plugged in? ;D

Title: Re: Smoke I thought....
Post by: megaomega123 on 14 July 2007, 14:18:11

ICV is in lol. I can't believe that I had no bits left over :D  It is running really quite well today, nice clean acceleration. There is still some smoke from the same area. I'm not sure if there is a kind of catchment area were the oil could have collected. Apart from that I think I've done a good job. Took me about 9 hours in total I was very careful and precise.

Just one other thing I noticed. My cams seemed very yellow in comparison to the ones in the how to. Any reason for this or is it nowt to worry about?