Ok, my friend just got an EG with a Euro-R engine/tranny in it. He took it out for a test drive and was testin to see what it could do, driving it real hard and taking it past 120. When we got back to his house the engine was smoking pretty bad. Did a compression test next morning and got 190's all the way across. Started it up, drives fine, nothing seems wrong. What else should we check/possibly could have happened after having the engine smoke like that? Thanks ahead of time for the help!


Modified by snowblind7x at 3:03 PM 4/9/2005


Modified by snowblind7x at 3:04 PM 4/9/2005

 

coolant/oil leak, cracked/leaky radiator, cracked/leaky hoses

Your friend was driving 120mph in a car that wasnt his?

This is why no one who wants to buy my car gets to test drive it without me in it, if someone ran the **** out of my car I wouldnt sell it to them out of principle

 

lol. noooo. That was AFTER he bought it already. haha. Thanks for the help though. I'll check it out.

 

If you have some experience you can tell what a smell is if its smoking, oil, coolant etc

start at the radiator and work your way back

 

Yea, i'd say its a coolant issue. Prob a loose/leaky radiator hose

 

190 psi? If i'm not mistaken the compression should be around 290 for that engine...Somebody chime in and verify this..

 

yeah, i thought it should be higher then 190 too. The Euro R is a high compression engine, but my friend said it was ok. And it smelled like oil, but no oil is leaking that we could see. Oh, and when this happened he didnt have a tac in the car so he was most likely over reving.

 

any other opinions?

 

anyone?

 

geeze. Why won't anyone add to this post? >_< Someone else has to have some input on this subject.

 

what color is the smoke. i think that white smoke is coolant and black smoke is oil

 

white smoke is coolant, black smoke is carbon burn off, and blue is oil

 

it was night time so i'm not really sure, smelled like oil though.... And what about the compression test, is 190 ok for the euro-r engine?

 

Could u tell if the smoke was comming from the front of the engine or the back (near the intake manifold) side?

Im not too sure about those compression numbers. You might be able to check the FAQ about those comp. numbers.