white smoke coming out of the engine :S

Hobbsie · Post by **Hobbsie** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:18 am

just now on my way home from work as i got home i noticed a bit of white smoke coming out from under the bonnet, so i popped it and noticed a fair amount of what appeared to be oil dripping out of the part where the intake joins the throttle gate and producing white smoke. car felt the same as normal on the drive home and the engine temp was normal the whole time. Oil level is fine. i also noticed a little white smoke once 2 weeks ago. any clue whats wrong?

Post by **Bennoz** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:52 am

Got 'any pics you can show us?

Liquidity · Post by **Liquidity** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:52 am

does the fto's TB have a coolant jacket?

Post by **Bennoz** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:07 am

Sure does. Thats what Im thinking...

Hobbsie · Post by **Hobbsie** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:21 pm

ill take a pic later, need to get a camera off my friend

i noticed there was a bit of oil pooled in a round hole just under the TB on the headlights side

Hobbsie · Post by **Hobbsie** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:59 pm

ok got some pics will post them in a minute, however there was no oil leakage today, i let it run till it got warm and nothing. also had plenty of oil although it was a bit dirty.

Hobbsie · Post by **Hobbsie** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:27 pm

well today i noticed a long stream of coolant going down the driveway, so i figured it was time i have a look hehe..

problem ended up being the hoses that carry the coolant in/out the throttle body were fucked so i replaced those and the heater hoses too i think as they looked like they were on the way out. problem solved.

and here i was thinking my engine was goone

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:29 pm

wow... this adds to my turbo research...

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:12 pm

And here I was thinking it was the Flux Capacitor

Dr_Jones · Post by **Dr_Jones** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:49 pm

You idiot Ben that's clearly more of a Mr Fusion related problem.