Help...smoking while idling
03-10-2014, 11:10 AM
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All of that looked fine...I thought the same thing that was the first thing I checked. It's not a white vapor cloud...this cloud lingers after it comes out. They've checked several things of course have found no problems and you know the problem never happens when it's at the dealership. I told her to leave the car idling for 20 mins if they had to and rev the engine a time or two...it would blow smoke. I'm waiting to hear back from them. They were going to check the valves and do a compression check.
03-10-2014, 02:03 PM
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Shifter light module or something like that...$160 to fix so I'm letting them do it because it's costing me $50 for diagnostics today regardless so really it's $110...well worth it because I've fought with that shifter for 3-5 mins on some mornings.
All of that looked fine...I thought the same thing that was the first thing I checked. It's not a white vapor cloud...this cloud lingers after it comes out. They've checked several things of course have found no problems and you know the problem never happens when it's at the dealership. I told her to leave the car idling for 20 mins if they had to and rev the engine a time or two...it would blow smoke. I'm waiting to hear back from them. They were going to check the valves and do a compression check.
All of that looked fine...I thought the same thing that was the first thing I checked. It's not a white vapor cloud...this cloud lingers after it comes out. They've checked several things of course have found no problems and you know the problem never happens when it's at the dealership. I told her to leave the car idling for 20 mins if they had to and rev the engine a time or two...it would blow smoke. I'm waiting to hear back from them. They were going to check the valves and do a compression check.
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03-10-2014, 03:15 PM
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Well they had my wagon since 8:30...can't get it to produce any smoke...actually they did get some smoke out the back and said it was due to the kind of exhaust I had (magnaflow) and that they would produce smoke. I was like...what?!!!! I told them I'd pick up the car and take it home and record the smoke on my phone for them to see. Needless to say I'm not a very happy camper...I didn't get an alignment because they said they couldn't do it with my coilovers and I'm out $160 for a part I should have had replaced under warranty since my shifting issue has been happening since the summer off and on.
03-10-2014, 07:03 PM
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You would think a dealer would have a tailpipe sniffer like the youtube guys seem to all have.
I wonder what coilovers have to do with the toe? That's all they should be able to change, unless you have a camber kit installed.
I wonder what coilovers have to do with the toe? That's all they should be able to change, unless you have a camber kit installed.
03-11-2014, 06:25 AM
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03-11-2014, 02:37 PM
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Wagon is still smoking...you can smell it if the car is idling...I had my boss stand by my car today and he witnessed the smoke. I guess I'll be going by tomorrow morning and have them produce a tech so I can show them the smoke cloud.