Car was rebuilt about two thousand miles ago .. ran well until now . Went out and started the car and it started fine. Drove about two blocks and it started smoking white smoke . I got home and let it idle for awhile and it keeps billowing white smoke. Started and stoped it many times and it still starts and runs as normal. I an hoping its not anything internal but I am not sure where to start trouble shooting . Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

Forgot to mention it has an esmeril kit on it and has ran well after the rebuild .. during the rebuild all seals and bearings were replaced

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...but I'm 99% sure White Smoke = Coolant and Coolant + Combustion Chamber = b00m b00m

 

No you are incorrect.

= BOOM BOOM

 

That's what ibwas afraid of ... but it starts and idles like it always has so that has me a little confused

 

How much boost were you pushin?

 

That's my point .. no boost when this happened and only have a four pound spring in it still from breaking the motor in ..

 

After car cooled off and you started it again did it go back to smoking?
Is there coolant in your oil? (pretty sure it floats)
Did a trusted rotary tech rebuild your engine?
What type of air intake?

 

Never let it cool off before starting again .. built by Steve kan have not pulled plugs to look at them or checked oil .. had to leave after I found this out .. all of this has actually been from my phone

 

were yo running acat? cat eating itself can be white smoke.

did the smoke smell like coolant? you'd not miss the smell i think

 

No cat .. and there was not a strong coolant smell which wag a litte off also with what I was seeing

 

Back to whomever rebuilt your engine with you!

 

Likely have an inner coolant seal leak. If the motor wasn't overheated or abused in any way ( sounds unlikely)..it could be a blip in the rebuild

How much is your coolant going down?

Does the cooling system pressurize when it warms up?

Could be the turbo center section as well if the motor isn't leaking

You could disconnect the turbo coolant feed lines to check that...wouldn't be common though..they usually leak out

Good Luck

 

Turbo is not water cooled .. I will pull the plugs and do a compression check .. the coolant pressurized when it was idle and warning up .. half the overflow was still full

 

Not the best news then...if you have good compression you may have to re-built the keg using the same parts and some new coolant seals...you are having the worst luck with this engine

 

so has it used water or not ?

 

Just noticed it today and only ran it for about fifteen minutes .. looking at the coolant overflow the level has not gone down

 

what about the oil , has that gone down ?
Is it using excess fuel ?

 

Have not checked the oil .. but its white smoke not blue

 

well the first thing you need to establish is what it is . RIWWP shot a video the other day with heaps of white smoke that was just excess fuel ...

 

Ok. But it just randomly started doin this .. I will look into it more tomorrow and maybe post a video if need be

 

Started the car like normal .. tool about half a minute. For the white smoke to start .. does not smell like coolant .. just normal exhaust

 

quick video for you guys. Still have not had time to pull the plugs or do anything. I have been working on the daily driver. Its having major issues now also. Ugh everything always hits at once.



click the pic for the vid

 

did you ever get this figured out? I'm having similar issues.

 

Time for a new engine.