Finally got my car running, now it smokes

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  • Kingb
    E30 Modder
    • Aug 2008
    • 928

    #1

    Finally got my car running, now it smokes

    I had the head resurfaced and flywheel lightened and balanced. I finally got my engine flooding prob fixed 90 325i. Thanx guys it was a clogged fuel return line I think. Now it runs rough, sputters when you give it throttle and it smokes. The smoke is white and just smells like carbon. I have new plugs in the mail and my ICV isn't plugged in the harness wont reach. I have to rerun the wiring. I can't figure out why it is smokeingand sputtering now. Next week I am going to take my friends 325i and start swapping parts to narrow this down. Any ideas??
    Originally posted by Nicademus
    My car beats off to that car. :bow:
  • dashboardmonkey
    FUCK YOUR WAFFLES
    • Jun 2008
    • 6158

    #2
    afm

    I put another afm and stock airbox on the eta, it would run like shit so I swapped the afm and all is well now.
    -Andy

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    • jlevie
      R3V OG
      • Nov 2006
      • 13530

      #3
      White smoke from the exhaust is either ordinary condensation or vaporized coolant. Condensation should stop once the engine reaches normal operating temperature except in very cold ambients. Condensation is more gray than vaporized coolant and quickly dissipates. Coolant is very white and tends to remain in the air, making it easy to tell the difference between the two.

      Coolant leaking into a cylinder(s) could explain the white smoke and misfires.
      The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
      Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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      • slo325i
        E30 Addict
        • Aug 2008
        • 417

        #4
        Headgasket new??


        '89 325i - Totaled... good bye my love...
        '87 327i budget stroker - SOLD!!!
        '92 240sx - ca18det powered drift toy - SOLD!!!
        '89 325i - coupe - NEW daily
        '96 Audi A6 Quattro- Grocery getter/baby hauler
        '99 Busa - weekend wheelie monster

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        • Kingb
          E30 Modder
          • Aug 2008
          • 928

          #5
          Yes the gasket is new and was torqued then to yield twice like the bentley says. I will put new plugs in when they come in the mail and my plug wires are mis matched right now since a friend borrowed them when it was tore down and I wasn't around and lives an hour away. I'm not buying wires new since I have a MS unit almost done.
          Originally posted by Nicademus
          My car beats off to that car. :bow:

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          • NeilMFD
            Advanced Member
            • Dec 2004
            • 116

            #6
            dashboardmonkey = porch monkey?

            www.oceansidemotorsports.com

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            • xLibelle
              R3VLimited
              • Aug 2004
              • 2673

              #7
              yield twice like the bently says? What does that mean?

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              • Kingb
                E30 Modder
                • Aug 2008
                • 928

                #8
                Torqued to 33ft lbs or what ever it said, turn 90 degrees all the way around then do it again. I have just heard people call it yield since it is not a torque
                Originally posted by Nicademus
                My car beats off to that car. :bow:

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                • xLibelle
                  R3VLimited
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 2673

                  #9
                  the part i'm concerned about is "twice what the bently stated" which suggests you over torqued the bolts

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                  • Liam
                    Mod Crazy
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 753

                    #10
                    No he got it right, he's just saying it weird.
                    I'm Not Right in the Head | Random Rants and other Nonsense1st Order Logic Failure: Association fallacy, this type of fallacy can be expressed as (∃xS : φ(x)) → (∀xS : φ(x)), meaning "if there exists any x in the set S so that a property φ is true for x, then for all x in S the property φ must be true".

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