So i changed the oil on saturday. Mobil 1 0W40. put 8.5 quarts in. Now everytime i cold start the car, a HUGE puff of white smoke comes out. Whenever the turbines are engaged, it spits out a puff of white smoke too. Whilst the idea of a smoke screen while accelerating is cool, i doubt that it is something positive for the car.

can anyone shed some light on this. Have i done something wrong?

 

Overfilled the oil(?)

 

Umm. it didnt spill out or anything. and if i did i dont think i did more than a 1/4 of a quart

 

it s over filled, our cars can smoke a little on start up and not always, did you drain both plugs?

 

did you empty all the oil (remove all 4 drain plugs??) before you added 8.5 qts

 

sounds like you overfilled.
I would drain the oil out of the block and see how your oil level is. Since there is only minimal oil stored in it.

 

I didn't know the 996 has 4 drain plugs. 997 GT3 has only 2.

 

^ kevin
the other two are located under the turbo's
btw, your GT3 looks great

 

OH ****

i dont think they drained all 4 plugs. How bad is it right now to have this much oil in the car?

 

Thank you. Yours is not too shabby itself.

 

How much have you driven since the oil change?

 

less than 15 miles

 

I would drain the oil asap and keep tab of how many quarts comes out. GL.

 

The turbo's hold only a small amount. It shouldn't be that bad. What is the oil gauge reading at?

 

^agreed...if anything, pull the oil filter and drain it....that should do it.