Well, once I got to take the 90 Vert for a drive it runs good and burned up all the ATF. But in between shifts it puffed out blueish smoke.. This was while pushing the engine hard though.. What could it be..?



The engine sounds smooth and but when I let off the gas if does little popping noises.. Oh yeah where the **** is the fuse block on the vert? I think the radio fuse is out..

you mean taking it to redline? If it pops between high rpm shifts, then it's normal.

The smoke may be a sign that your oil control rings are going.

Yeah I was thinking of the oil control rings too, but would it be that if it only does it in between shifts? Could it be fouled up plugs not burning the gas properly?

bluish smoke is oil though. Brown or black smoke is too much fuel

uh oh.. I will give it a freeway run to see if it is unburned oil in the exhaust pipes, and see if it clears up.. if not.. **** that..

if its not totally warm it could be the rotor oil seals, just keep beating on it until you can't see behind you



mike

ok, I will abuse that sucker for a bit on the freeway when I get a chance.. It was on about 20 0r 30 minutes before I took it for a spin and the temp needle wass up half way though.. so what else could it be?

theres no turbo, so not much else



mike

ok, ,went back again.. and the car starts right up no smoke.. Idles high till warm then goes down to 750.. Thats good right.. So I am gonna get it.. I Should be drivin it this weekend.. Oh yeah... Baby.. I will finally be able to ***** it up in those rx7 owner discussions you guys have..

oh yeah they washed it and it looks twice as good as it did before..

cool, it might just have been the atf/crap burning off



mike

I hope so.. If not I may have to stick that T2 engine in this one.. Mwuhahahaha.. ok probably not.. I want that on the Repu..

It was probably just left over ATF. Thank god we dont need another S5 going down.

Yeah, and I will apreciate this baby.. Gotta keep it alive, since they would have let it rot in hell.. They also have a GSL SE there.. Maybe I can find an owner for that one..

mmm gsl-se



the puff of smoke between shifts was likely oil control rings though... unburned atf would have been smoking the whole time not just between shifts.



you can run the car at idle and take the oil filler tube cap off, hold your hand over it and see if you can feel any blow-by... if theres significant blow-by it's probably got oil control rings going out a bit. you can rev it a bit too with the cap off to see if it increases the blow-by.



also does the oil smell heavily like fuel?

nope, no nasty smell now.. burns clean.. I will check that though..And take it on another rampage through the Ghetto..

well just to clarify i meant the oil in the sump, not sure if that was clear... like smell the dip stick.

EEEWWWW.. ok.. I will try that.. and the prefomance ghetto run too..

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