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what colour smoke is this [VIDEO]

Postby ninjured » Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:37 pm

put the go pro on the way to work this morning. looks like it lost a bit of quality going up to youtube but was wondering if this was black(fuel) or blue(oil) smoke. ive never seen blue smoke so not sure if blue smoke is whiter than black with blue :/ thoughts. happens everytime i get on it.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGL_RTpryFw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srBq_rgkQlc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQX85cqszvQ[/youtube]

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Postby Glenn » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:35 pm

That last one looks more like black smoke to me. Which is normal.

You could do a compression check to make sure its not any oil getting past the pistons if you think its slightly blueish. Plus it'd be a good thing to check everynow and then anyway to preempt further engine damage
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Postby bd-850 » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:42 pm

that does seem to be too much smoke. my 97 diesel rodeo doesnt blow that much smoke

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Postby whitenight » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:19 pm

i think its normal if its been tuned i think its ok especially under load ive sat behind other evo x's that have been tuned and they blow black soot like that i don't think its any thing to worry about i know blows like that when i get in to it by all the soot over the rear boot lid.

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Postby debonaire » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:22 pm

To me that looks like the usual black over-fuelling smoke. Oil smoke really is blue, and much less dense looking that sooty smoke.

I also think that if you were blowing oil smoke in that quantity, you'd either be able to identify it from other symptoms or would have had a failure by now.

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Postby ninjured » Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:13 pm

thanks guys, yeh the pixelation in the video doesnt look near as bad as the hi res video.

the cops definitely didnt like it just got stung $320 bucks this morning for "excess smoke" not even on full throttle. that was an argument and a half.

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Postby ninjured » Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:36 pm

Hoges wrote:I think if a car is blowing smoke then there is definitely a problem. Have you changed the cat?


yeh its all changed, i expected an increase in smoke just not this much i guess. theres a lot more modified evo, wrx and skylines getting around than mine that dont do this much. at least it will be easy to work out which car is mine on the track.

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Postby Beeble » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:26 pm

Tuned Xs do blow a LOT of smoke.
heh and i have seen your car at WOT and it's no worse than most TBH :)
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Postby Carl-BVI » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:33 pm

I swear every Evo i see smashing it up a street blows a bit of smoke, So thought it was normal :)

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Postby megatron » Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:49 am

mine is just as bad

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Postby Rangdan » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:40 pm

ive seen RS's and MPS's blow more. yours is normal..

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Postby Lucky Dog » Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:03 am

Definitely black smoke. Running too rich? I had a Ralliart fly past me the other day blowing the same amount of smoke and , no offence, but it looked like s**t.


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