Smoking problem
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St. Jude Donor '09, '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Smoking problem
Upon hard acceleration (high rpm shifting) the car likes to smoke. The same thing happens when I come to a stop from a high rpm deceleration. It doesn't smoke on start up, at idle or just regular rpm shifting driving. I'm assuming that it's burning oil, but I don't think that this is normal. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be. The car has aftermarket headers and exhaust, don't know what kind because I bought it used. Thank you.
Last edited by themonk; Aug 15, 2006 at 11:47 PM.
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From: McKinney TX
Originally Posted by themonk
Upon hard acceleration (high rpm shifting) the car likes to smoke. The same thing happens when I come to a stop from a high rpm deceleration. It doesn't smoke on start up, at idle or just regular rpm shifting driving. I'm assuming that it's burning oil, but I don't think that this is normal. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be. The car has aftermarket headers and exhaust, don't know what kind because I bought it used. Thank you.
Drifting
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From: St Louis MO
Originally Posted by 02Vert
Does it knock too? Might try a PCV catch can.
or, you may need to clean/replace PCV if stuck open. Had one to stick on me, on another car, and when I decelerated, like at an off ramp, I laid down a smokescreen that blanked out all cars behind me for about 300 feet.
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St. Jude Donor '09, '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
I checked the PCV and it seemed to be ok, it rattled when I hit it (assuming it's ok if it rattles). As for the catch can, I have no idea what that is or where it is located, but like most things that I try to fix on this car I will do some research and check it out. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by themonk
I checked the PCV and it seemed to be ok, it rattled when I hit it (assuming it's ok if it rattles). As for the catch can, I have no idea what that is or where it is located, but like most things that I try to fix on this car I will do some research and check it out. Thanks.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1474352
Fixed my smoking issue.
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St. Jude Donor '09, '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Originally Posted by vettenuts
What color is the smoke? Blue would be oil, but if it is black you may be running rich. Do you know if the car was tuned with the headers?
