Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:36:50 GMT From: "Strom" <n0spamnopsamatlantic.net> Subject: Re: Low Mileage '83 Turbo Smokey Exhaust at Start
Thanks for the help guys. I did in fact see a little white goo on the dipstick yesterday. Would that likely mean a head gasket? Thanks again, Jim "Strom" <n0spamnopsamatlantic.net> wrote in message news:uzrvb.530$Cw.186nopsamdc02.gnilink.net... > Hi all -- > My 135 K '83 900 Turbo has been running beautifully. I run > mobil 10-30 W synthetic oil. But as the weather has turned cool, > I seem to have developed a strange problem. I don't appear to be > burning oil, but when I start the car, I get a little smoke from the > exhaust, > which increases for the first mile or two, and then seems to go away. > > I lost a alternator waterpump belt a few weeks back, and the engine did > badly overheat. I changed the oil and oil filter. What should I look for? > Could it be a valve problem? A turbo problem? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > n0spam (at) verizon.net > >