Too much oil causes white smoke? I thought it would cause blue smoke? Shows what I know. Mike On 12/31/03 9:15 PM, "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > You need to correct the amount of oil in the engine first. Too much oil > can cause smoking, white smoke. Put the van on a level spot and make > sure the level is correct by removing a few quarts. > > If nothing else you can drain all the oil and then put 4 quarts of fresh > oil back in. The smoking should stop shortly after you correct the over > filled situation. > > Mark > > > > Ben S wrote: >> ............... >> this afternoon, i went to take a better look. at this point i was still >> thinking that my problem was some kind of oil leak, so first i checked >> the oil level. it was overfilled. this leads me to beleive that >> perhaps i made an erronous reading the night before. it was dark and >> snowing; i was on a steep hill on a blind curve blocking half a lane and >> was quite anxious and hurried. so i started the engine cautiously. it >> started easily and idled smoothly. the oil pressure light stayed off. >> and huge clouds of white smoke billowed from the exhaust. >> > > |
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