smoking under braking??
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smoking under braking??
What could cause a car to start smoking and burning oil while pressing the brakes only? like if im coming to a stop and i start pushing the brakes and i get under 10 mph a big puff of smoke comes out of that i think is the exhaust (burning oil). and as soon as im stopped it goes away and once i start accelerating again it doesnt smoke either. WHAT GIVES???
Note: it just had its oil changed..could they have put too much oil in? and why only when i am slowing down?
Note: it just had its oil changed..could they have put too much oil in? and why only when i am slowing down?
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E brake is down. and before posting that i should check the oil level..you should assume im bright enough to do that first
and to be quite honest..the dipstick wasnt something i had seen before. now this may make me look dumb but it was just a piece of braided cable with no real level indicator on it? so i couldn't really tell. as for the brake fluid..ill have to check that..maybe a brake line is spewing fluid onto the rotors and its burnin it up. cuz the pedals do feel kinda weird but i figured it was just cuz its a new car. ill have to look into that
and to be quite honest..the dipstick wasnt something i had seen before. now this may make me look dumb but it was just a piece of braided cable with no real level indicator on it? so i couldn't really tell. as for the brake fluid..ill have to check that..maybe a brake line is spewing fluid onto the rotors and its burnin it up. cuz the pedals do feel kinda weird but i figured it was just cuz its a new car. ill have to look into that
It's the thing with a yellow handle towards the front of the engine is the dipstick. If you don't know how to check the oil, read the owners manual.
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yea i know what the dipstick is..im not dumb. but all it was was a piece of braided cable..no level indicator at the end...almost like somebody cut it off.
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Question...what does the dipstick look like on the LNF's?...cuz i did check it but the dipstick looked weird so i have no clue if its right.
and they put in Mobil 1 5-30
and they put in Mobil 1 5-30
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Well i bought the car with all these parts on it and it is tuned yes..im guessing HP flavor. it hits 21 psi. but i dont know if it was tuned prior to certain mods or after them all. Regardless i am going to get BYT tuned in February. would a tune fix a smoking problem tho?
Dude, take a couple minutes to read the owners manual and learn how to check the oil. If it's truly smoking through the exhaust between shifts and when you are coasting/braking (high vacuum conditions), that probably means excessive wear in the rings/cylinders. Sounds like this car has probably been abused. In plain English, that means the engine needs rebuilt.
Kinda Like This.

Kinda hard to read w/ the little ridges as opposed to something that reads FULL, and gives you a line , but it is what it is.

Britt



