Re: engine smoking!

[Captnbr@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/14/00 8:42:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
abatzis@hotmail.com writes:

<< shut the car off, and looked 
 under the hood for something obvious, but didn't see anything. no idiot 
 lights or anything, temp was normal. it seemed like there was a little too 
 much oil (i think this was the prob). i had added oil a few days before, but 
 i had checked it when it was hot, so i think i added too much. anyway, the 
 smoke died down after a while, >>

Check your air filter.  I bet it is soaked with oil!  You put too much oil 
in. Then you drove it real hard causing oil to throw up into the breather 
hose which goes to the airbox which then sucked it into the engine then you 
saw the smoke.  How do I know this?? Been there done that 3 years ago.  Get a 
new airflilter and clean all the oil out of the intake boot and drain the oil 
back down to the correct level.  No harm done.  later.

Brian 86 16v
http://hometown.aol.com/captnbr/myhomepage/auto.html

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