Smoke from the exhaust

Anonymous · May 31, 2007, 18:03

Had a small problem with some white/blue smoke comming from the exhaust when stationary the other day. I stopped at the traffic lights when the smoke started to come, out not a lot but enough to get me worried. When I drove off it stopped. The car is driving fine no problems at all. I has been using a bit of oil and is due a oil change. Happened before after a big run abit of smoke then it stoped.

The car was fitted with a TTET last March and the SP stage II went in in January and no changes since then. Its a 2004 and had no problems with the precats they wern't in for long. Any thoughts ?

Anonymous · May 31, 2007, 18:30

So its never happened since turboin the car? what was the weather conditons like there recently and was early in the day?

Anonymous · May 31, 2007, 18:38

Never had any problems before going turbo. Funny enough both time were when it has been quite cold and raining a bit. Last time was after a 10 mile drive and it was in the evening.

Anonymous · May 31, 2007, 19:03

Personally i wouldnt worry! my 2 always chucked out white smoke with the TTE, not as as much now as it did, now its SP'd, maybe because its a different exhaust, but i noticed its worse depending on atmospheric conditions, ie cool temps and moisture, etc, just keep an eye out on it! if no noises or performance issues have arisen, then keep having fun s:)

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Anonymous · May 31, 2007, 20:32

Mine chucks out loads of smoke for the first 10 mins now it's de-catted. I'm glad it's happening to others s:)

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kanujunkie · June 1, 2007, 07:45

i've seen this on TTET's as well and iirc its been reported before on here. Just out of interest how's the crank case breather setup?

Anonymous · June 1, 2007, 08:41

Quote from: "kanujunkie"..... iirc its been reported before on here....

DavidM reported it over a year ago and it was discussed as condensation. Mine has an oily smell to it and looks more like smoke.

Anonymous · June 1, 2007, 08:54

Good to know it's not just me then. The engine sounds thesame as it always did a bit ticky but that is probably down to the 0w-40 oil that I am using. Does anyone know why it would smoke a bit only happens for me after I have been driving for a bit the stop at lights with the engine going ?

kanujunkie · June 1, 2007, 09:04

never understood why TTE say you need to put 0W40 in, its got all the consistency of water

Anonymous · June 5, 2007, 15:10

Edited.... it stopping briefly but is smoking again

Liz · June 5, 2007, 15:58

I put 5w40 in mine this time, I thought I saw smoke the other night when I looked in my mirror and the cars headlights behind mine appeared to be shining through smoke - maybe someone can have a look for me on the drive on Saturday.

aaronjb · June 5, 2007, 16:02

I'm sure you'll be able to get one of us to look at your rear, Liz..

Anonymous · June 5, 2007, 16:20

Anyone want to look at my rear.... s:? :? s:?

It's a bit smelly though s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 15:32

I spoke to Matt @ SP today and he said that his car does the same and it is normal for the car to do this. Even though I spoke to him I am still a bit worried as it was smoking twice today. I had a oil change done last week and was hoping that it would have sorted the problem out. The engine bay does seam quite hot but it probably me just being over causious. I will just have to measure the oil consumption and see if there is a issue there. s:? :? s:? s:? :? s:?

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 15:46

Hmmm, mine is doing it again. I think I'll join you on the oil consumption monitoring s:(

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firepower · June 18, 2007, 15:48

i have noticed smoke from my car on occasions and it did worry me originally but the car does not use any oil and has not made any noises other than the norm , so it appears to be a trait of the tte turbo possibly due to the 0w-40 oil , time will tell .

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 18:51

Quote from: "simonmr2"I spoke to Matt @ SP today and he said that his car does the same and it is normal for the car to do this. Even though I spoke to him I am still a bit worried as it was smoking twice today. I had a oil change done last week and was hoping that it would have sorted the problem out. The engine bay does seam quite hot but it probably me just being over causious. I will just have to measure the oil consumption and see if there is a issue there. s:? :? s:? s:? :? s:?

Well my fan isnt even operating and neither is SP's, so i wouldnt worry too much about heat! im not! s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 21:32

The fan on mine has only been on twice since going to stage II in January I am not really worried just it's getting quite hot in there. I have been thinking about some extra cooling and possibly aquamist.

firepower · June 18, 2007, 21:34

chris can you not get your fan fixed under the tte warranty , it may not cause you any problems but i would want my car to be in full working order s:)

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Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 22:01

The fan is controlled with the TTE ECU but with the stage II it is replaced with the SP ECU so is now hooked up to the radiator at the front of the car which isn't on to much.

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 22:01

Yeah it will get fixed Phil, when i get work done on the car next at SP, for some reason they got Simon's fan working fine but mine didnt work it was doing the opposite to what it should be doing but they ran out of time to troubleshoot it, anyway Matt will sort it! s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 22:03

Simon why dont you start to upgrade ur 2 setup when you do the cooling, then you can do more power at the same time s8)

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firepower · June 18, 2007, 23:09

i thought the turbo fan was tripped by the sensor on the boot lid that measures the temp in the engine bay , if it is linked to the fan on the radiator at the front of the car which also benifits from cool air as you drive that would explain why it does not come on as often , my fan comes on a lot so this may be a teathing problem that sp needs to sort out with the sp240 s:? :? s:?

Anonymous · June 18, 2007, 23:22

As far as i see it because the TTE piggyback is made redundant so is the programing that operates the fan is lost, hence SP using the radiator fan to work with the engine bay fan but to behonest the TTE fan comes on far too much, unnessesary at times, so really with the SP way you should in theory be getting best of both worlds!

firepower · June 19, 2007, 09:00

i have noticed that my fan does come on a lot but then the engine bay is very hot but i have also noticed that the radiator fan that is positioned at the front of the car and benifiting from cool air whilst driving hardly ever comes on. the turbo fan and radiator fan are operating under different conditions .