Help! White smoke from the exhaust?!?!?

[DimNSlow]

Originally Posted by PeterK

No, burning oil will produce whitish smoke with a district blue hue. Coolant will produce snow-white smoke.

Good point. My CEL light was on nice and red when the oil debacle happened

[PeterK]

Originally Posted by DimNSlow

Good point. My CEL light was on nice and red when the oil debacle happened

Yeah, when oil gets into exhaust the O2 sensor can go krazy and get CEL triggered

[eight0zero]

so does anyone know if a 3.6L or even a 3.8L will fit into an 01 996??? thanks !

[Redridge]

Originally Posted by eight0zero

so does anyone know if a 3.6L or even a 3.8L will fit into an 01 996??? thanks !

yes it will fit

[CLS]

Originally Posted by Redridge

yes it will fit

That sounds nice I would like a 3.8L

[viper501]

Fitting does not mean the same as running.

[Redridge]

for the price of @24k, people have done this conversion and runs well

[DimNSlow]

Originally Posted by Redridge

for the price of @24k, people have done this conversion and runs well

Dang, for 24K I would sell my current car and buy the car that comes with the 3.6L/3.8L

[dhrecon]

For 24K i would sell my car, get a turbo, and spend the rest of the money in vegas on strippers and blackjack. (borat voice) Wowaaa weee wahhh!!!

[Ritesh]

Any updates on this thread? I noticed a cloud of white smoke from exhaust today.

[Hooligan]

It's most likely extra oil (in head?) that's getting burnt away. It happened to me when I went to the track and before the third or fourth run of the day. It was sitting in the paddock area for about an hour after a previous session, and when it was time to go back for the next run, I started the engine, and a ton of smoke came out. Nothing wrong, no problems, no engine fault codes. It happens more if oil is overfilled.

[grahamtwatson]

I'm occasionally getting clouds of whiteish smoke from the engine of my 02 996 with 36k miles on it at startup. I do mean clouds - enough to fill several bays of a parking garage. In addition to this I've got a feeling the engine is occasionally missing or loosing a little power at lower revs. Having said that, it isn't using an excessive amount of oil.

If I remove the oil filler cap at idle, there is a little vacuum and the engine stumbles for a while.

I think this is the oil seperator problem, but is there anything else I should be considering?

My 996 is a manual, would it still help to drop the gearbox, or can this realistically be done easier without doing so. I've also got some clutch judder, possibly a slightly warped flywheel - not enough to be worth fixing by itself, but if the gearbox needs to come out anyway....

[The Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by grahamtwatson

I'm occasionally getting clouds of whiteish smoke from the engine of my 02 996 with 36k miles on it at startup. I do mean clouds - enough to fill several bays of a parking garage. In addition to this I've got a feeling the engine is occasionally missing or loosing a little power at lower revs. Having said that, it isn't using an excessive amount of oil.

If I remove the oil filler cap at idle, there is a little vacuum and the engine stumbles for a while.

I think this is the oil seperator problem, but is there anything else I should be considering?

My 996 is a manual, would it still help to drop the gearbox, or can this realistically be done easier without doing so. I've also got some clutch judder, possibly a slightly warped flywheel - not enough to be worth fixing by itself, but if the gearbox needs to come out anyway....

It definitely sounds like the AOS. The trans does not have to be removed. Here is a DIY article: http://mike.focke.googlepages.com/ai...torreplacement

TDK