...BTW your Bieber avatar is awesome.-Malone
It is a 1.6l n/a right? you will probably always have power issues :lol: .
they let it run in the lot for 45 mins today...i got a call that it was smoking ALOT, of blue smoke.tech says's it's coolant, mayeb the headgasket.i don't believe it is cause we just put that new one in perfect.they took it off the bucket of new fuel and they are running it off the tank of old gross fuel right now. i think it's all the crap in the tank burning off.any opinions?
Blue smoke is not normal and you do not want to be driving behind a truck that produces it. Blue smoke occurs when oil is entering the combustion chamber and is burning along with the fuel. Blue smoke usual indicates a condition which should be corrected a.s.a.p. Blue smoke also smells like oil burning. Possible causes include valve seals or cracked piston rings.
If coolant got into the exhaust it will take a long time to burn it out of the muffler. Blue smoke is sometimes oil burning or really rich condition. If it runs good and idles well I would just run the crap out of it and see what happens. If something major is wrong like a headgasket then it will show up either way. Old fuel could act very badly as well. You should get rid of that and run some good into it. Keep a couple fuel filters and replace them after a tank or 3 and that should clear it up. Maybe an injector has some of the algea junk in it and sticking open a little? Seafoam and diesel purge can help as well as ATF.
well, i saw the car run today in person.there's not much smoke at all. i'm not sure what they were talking about.on rev's it pumps out a cloud of blackish dark grey smoke.the idle bounces until the car warms up and then idles fine.it also has a fairly hard time starting.more clues for this mistery. should i just put in a new IP?