Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:15:30 -0000 From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: Erratic Idle and exhaust smoke...
In article <upufsa.vi4.lnnopsamwave.demon.co.uk>, gothicknopsamick.org.uk says... > I really am starting to believe that the smoke I saw was just the result of > the prodding and nudging of vacuum tubes that I was doing to try to figure > out what was wrong. I don't quite see how that could lead to the smoke, > though, but as I've said, I haven't seen it since, and I've been quite hard > on the poor old car since then... > Is there a hose between either the oil filler cap, or a crankcase breather vent that feeds back to the airfilter box? If excessive oily gasses go into the engine for any reason, could that smoke for a short period (such as when you checked/topped up the oil level)? -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com