Hey maybe you guys know what this is. When I start my cb I get a puff of blue smoke out of the exhaust. It smokes for like 1sec. after I start it. It's a concentrated puff of smoke and very blue in color. Is it possible I'm leaking oil into one of my cylinders while the car is off? The reason I think it's somthing like that is because if I start it after sitting(6-8 hrs.)I get a big blue smoke cloud, if I start it 10min. after shutting it off no smoke at all. thanks for your help.
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Originally posted by alb_accord
yep. i used to have white smoke on start up. this was because of the worn valve seals. . urs might be different.
i don't know what blue smoke it is. it might be colant and u might have a problem with the head gasket.
blue smoke is oil
white=coolant
black=rich fuel mixturekyle turner
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blue smoke is coolant
white smoke is oil going past the rings
black smoke is carbon build up.
check ur oil...What makes me laugh about forums, is that no matter how much you try to help someone, they dont take the advice. Go ahead and do it the hard way.
You got to respect what you drive, and appreciate what you have, making the best of what you got. and if that means putting CAI, HID's, a phat stereo system, and a idiot in the drivers seat...then so be it!
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Re: Blue smoke on start up only
Originally posted by Kdub
Hey maybe you guys know what this is. When I start my cb I get a puff of blue smoke out of the exhaust. It smokes for like 1sec. after I start it. It's a concentrated puff of smoke and very blue in color.TBILL
92 Accord EX Coupe
CB7, 5 spd, Seattle Silver
91 Accord LX - no mods
CB9, Auto, Cobolt Blue Cooking with Clinton
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Well I know I'm leaking oil into the sparkplug tubes(lower seals), but oil can't drip past the sparkplugs right? I thought oil=blue and coolant=white. I'm not losing any coolant, I've toped it off a couple times in the past year and it was'nt that low, My radiator has a small leak in it, I get a few drips when I park in my garage but thats it, and I think thats whats causing me to lose coolant. When its cold maybe a small amount of coolant is leaking past the head gasket and causing it to smoke at start-up?? I burn a little oil (194,000 miles on A6), but the oil looks good on the dip stick and I'm due pretty soon for a change. So I don't know, any other help would be appreciated,thanx.
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Originally posted by Fearit22
I'm thinking it would be the seals too. I have a similar problem whenever it sits for a while, and that is what the seals do. Mine also does it a little bit at WOT. I'm pretty sure it's from the idiots who adjusted my valves ... I think they messed something up.
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Originally posted by Fearit22
I'm thinking it would be the seals too. I have a similar problem whenever it sits for a while, and that is what the seals do. Mine also does it a little bit at WOT. I'm pretty sure it's from the idiots who adjusted my valves ... I think they messed something up.
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I'll tell you guys about somthing I did a few months ago that I thought might fix this problem. I sucked seafoam through my pcv valve(about a 1/4 can). I followed the directions and turned off the car for a while. Started it back up and I swear to god it smoked solid blue smoke for over an hour. I finally got tired of waiting for it to stop smoking and decided to take it for a drive, I had a two mile long smoke cloud behind me and it finally stopped. Well, It seemed to give me better throttle responce, but could just be my imagination. Did not fix the start up smoking problem though. Maybe I should do it a few more times, but the way it sounds its got nothing to do with the problem.
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maybe it was ur eyyes cause seafoam will burn white...and so will anything else that u put in there...u do have to drive to get all that out of the system.
i know seafoam didnt cause this problem..im sure of thatWhat makes me laugh about forums, is that no matter how much you try to help someone, they dont take the advice. Go ahead and do it the hard way.
You got to respect what you drive, and appreciate what you have, making the best of what you got. and if that means putting CAI, HID's, a phat stereo system, and a idiot in the drivers seat...then so be it!
Retro!
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I love nooBs...They make me look good
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Originally posted by Kdub
Yeah, that makes sense, So you think oil is leaking past the valve seal(s) and into the combustion chamber(s) while the car is off?
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