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Smoke on start up
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:56 pm
by andy
Hope some of you guys can help , but when I start my Boxster up from cold , I get quite an amount of grey/blue smoke coming from the exhaust outlet for about 20 seconds , then all is well . Could this be a choke problem ? or maybe an indication that the engine is on the way out ? Its not burning any oil at all , there are no leaks , and its done 70k miles , any thoughts ? regards , Andy
Re: Smoke on start up
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:06 pm
by tr7v8
I understand that a lot of the flat six engines do this on start up, it's due to oil in the bores. e.g. don't worry about it.
Re: Smoke on start up
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:06 am
by lindsayhbrown
agree with jim, oil settles in the bores as its a flat 6 and is burnt on start up, 911's do this as well so no worries
Re: Smoke on start up
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:31 am
by Siggy
They do but not all the time, my 3.2 smokes about 1 in 10 times of starting (maybe less)
Re: Smoke on start up
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:36 pm
by andy
Cheers for the info guys , much apreciated .
Re: Smoke on start up
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:09 pm
by jmgarage
Once the engine has been running for about 10 mins, try to remove the oil filler cap, if it does not want to come undone as easily as when the engine has been switched off for a while, it could be the oil seperator failing, quite a common problem.