JohnJohn
Member #42
- Location
- Austin, Texas
bought a new rig 89, 4.0L, 76k, auto
Oil change sticker in rigs window tells me that it has only been driven 6k miles in the last three years. Oil looked about that old. So I put a can of "Restore" in it, let it run, then changed the oil. While driving this evening, with my dad following, I downshifted while going about 55mph. I saw in his headlights a small amounts of smoke coming from tailpipe until I let off the peddle. Clicked into Neutral and roll up the RPMs. A little bit of smoke but not as much. It was definitely coming from the tailpipe side of the car. While downshifted the smoke seemed to let up as I stayed on it longer.
- Could it be the leftovers of the old oil and can of "Restore" burning off?
- Valve job?
- blowing out 2years of crap?
EDIT: could it be an old tank of gas also?
Any ideas?
Oil change sticker in rigs window tells me that it has only been driven 6k miles in the last three years. Oil looked about that old. So I put a can of "Restore" in it, let it run, then changed the oil. While driving this evening, with my dad following, I downshifted while going about 55mph. I saw in his headlights a small amounts of smoke coming from tailpipe until I let off the peddle. Clicked into Neutral and roll up the RPMs. A little bit of smoke but not as much. It was definitely coming from the tailpipe side of the car. While downshifted the smoke seemed to let up as I stayed on it longer.
- Could it be the leftovers of the old oil and can of "Restore" burning off?
- Valve job?
- blowing out 2years of crap?
EDIT: could it be an old tank of gas also?
Any ideas?
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