Weird smell and smoke

[SynSyx]

So I just got back after a spirited drive home, nothing too crazy, and as I go to my trunk to get my bag, I see smoke still coming out of the tailpipes, as if the engine was idling (which it obviously wasn't). I got down to smell it and it smelled rather strongly of something burning, smelled kinda rubbery.

Any ideas?

car is my 88iX, m20

[dannyg]

Probably got your cats nice and hot...I wouldn't worry.

[Danny]

Tokyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooo

[SynSyx]

I was scared it was something to do with the engine. The whole exhaust system is nice and tight, no leaks. Although, on a semi-related note, there is usually a lot of white smoke coming out while driving (enough for me to see in my rear-view), and I've been getting sub-par gas mileage.

[browntown]

head gasket? does your oil look like oil and your coolant look like coolant?? White smoke can equal coolant in oil.

[T Verdier]

Your shit's fuuuuuuuccckked!



/jk

A little bit of white smoke is allright on a 20 year old motor but it sounds like you have a lot. Can making your cats "nice and hot" make them smell? I've never heard of that.

[bimmer_E30]

whats with you and blown Headgaskets?

[SynSyx]

whats with you and blown Headgaskets?

i know right. fml


just checked her out, oil is fine, and looks like oil, no 'vanilla milkshake' bullshit

coolant was looooow, like bottom of the reservoir low. so i topped that off

i noticed i also need to tighten up my timing belt, between the cam gear and the alternator its bobbin up and down a good 1/2"

[browntown]

where'd the coolant go? you sure it's not being burned up in the combustion chamber?

[SynSyx]

im not sure, ill keep checking it to see if the level keeps dropping

[Atreus]

rofl. i'm going through the same thing right now.

just finished my hg/timing belt job, losing coolant it seems. gotta check the oil this weekend... blah.

[bimmer_E30]

i know right. fml


just checked her out, oil is fine, and looks like oil, no 'vanilla milkshake' bullshit

coolant was looooow, like bottom of the reservoir low. so i topped that off

i noticed i also need to tighten up my timing belt, between the cam gear and the alternator its bobbin up and down a good 1/2"

Yah i still Remeber that thread.

Good luck with everything man, hopefully it's a small fix.

do you drive the car hard?

[SynSyx]

Yah i still Remeber that thread.

Good luck with everything man, hopefully it's a small fix.

do you drive the car hard?

Nah last night was the first time i took it over 4k rpm in about 400 miles of driving.

But yeah this is that second car that I bought. All it needed was a steering rack and tires. Now it drives like a champ. The 86eS I bought lasted from July until last week with nothing but an oil change and a battery. Thing is a fucking champ. I'm thinking about using the engine to build a stroker and put it with the 5-speed in my cabrio, which currently needs an engine...

[bimmer_E30]

just drop a M52 in there, my dream engine swap in an E30.