JTravinski

Recently I have noticed that when I leave from work after having my car sit in the parking lot all day, if I pull out of the parking lot and give the car a good amount of gas and push the revs up to about 4000, I get a cloud of bluish gray smoke that is clearly visible in my rear view mirror. I think I am burning oil. The only thing is that my car doesn't do it once it has warmed up so I dont think there is going to be anyway to show it to the dealer. If I tell them about it I think they are going to have me bring it in and then just tell me they couldn't find anything wrong. I was just in for service a couple of weeks ago anyways! Also, it doesn't seem to happen in the morning when I leave for work, although it may just be that I can't see the cloud because the sun is at a different angle or something. Anyone have any advice to diagnose the problem? Anyone had this happen to them? Should I try putting my ECU back to stock? Could I just be running rich? HELP!

hater

oil catch can???

rao

First question - are you actually consuming oil? Keep track of the oil level

JTravinski

OK. Will do. Daily? Weekly? How frequently should I check?

JTravinski

I don't know what that is or where to look for it...

hater

we dont' have one, maybe one would help

JTravinski

Could you please explain? Is that for over-fill? Shouldn't I be looking for the source of the oil?

hater

it is for catching the oil that the black thing on the back of the Y-pipe spits back into the intake. If u take off your y-pipe, u will see mad oil in there,the catch can catches it.

I think i just made a complete HIG award from that description

JTravinski

Could my oil issue be a software related problem or is it a hardware problem with a seal, etc??

rao

I would check it every few days - my guess is that it is not an oil consumption problem