smokin cobra

[lethalvenom]

my 96 cobra smokes like a freight train when i hammer on it, but normal driving not very noticable! sometime i'll hammer on it and come to a stop light and it still smokes for ten seconds or so when i'm stopped at the light. i can't tell what color the smoke is cause of tinted windows and everyone i talk to describes it as a grey, not black not white not blue! i have longtubes and heard it was a fuel problem because of the LTs. i also heard that the cobras are really bad for sucking oil through the pvc. i'm stumped and don't have tons of money for trial and error! i really hope its not rings! any help would be awesome!

thanks
branden

 

[BlownCobra32v]

Try and run some Seafoam through it, that may help clean up some built up gunk in the valve train

 

[PACIFICGREENSVT]

heres a link hope it helps.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...2-any-96-98s-running-oil-seperators-pics.html

 

[tt54l32v]

run a compression test too

 

[lethalvenom]

ran the seafoam awhile ago and no change in smoking durring acceleration

 

[Hockeyman48]

If it was my car w/ that problem I would pull pcv valve from engine and test it to suck ambient air for an acceleration test to see if the smoking decreases or stops.Tape or plug pcv entry into engine and make sure it can breathe through the oil filler tube temporarily if you dont have a breather elsewhere. Maybe I'm missing some thoughts here but I cant see a cel code developing from doing this.Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.Just a quick/cheap way to verify your source of oil consumption thru pcv system.

 

[lethalvenom]

thanks i'll try that tommorrow.

 

[Cookieman00x]

do a compression test...

 

[lethalvenom]

I don't have a compression gauge! how expensive are they?

 

[BMF42]

I don't have a compression gauge! how expensive are they?

Depends $50 to $200
I got the craftsman gauge for $50 on sale.

 

[lethalvenom]

so have we decided it oil smoke and not fuel?