White Puff of Smoke

If the car has been sitting for a couple of days, upon start-up it will
release a puff of white smoke. Just a puff - the more days it was sitting
inactive, the bigger the puff. This is 98 turbo . . . I've googled, seems
like some people think this is just an extra lean start by the computer,
while others think it's the beginning of the end. Any definitive way to
know? Thanks.

 

Change your oil to CASTROL.
Mine was doing the same thing, I changed the oil to Castrol 15W40 and the
problem is gone.

 

Synthetic?



Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

void _-void-_ in the obvious place

 

I'm assuming this is a C/S/V70, in which case the smoke is a small
quantity of oil seeping past the valve seals (most common problem). If
you switch to synthetic oil you won't see the smoke.

Bob

 

A little white smoke under those circumstances should
be nothing to worry about. Oil smoke is blue, and coolant
smoke is likely to show up more often than that. Unless it
smells like antifreeze, don't worry about it.
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It could be condensation burning off in the muffler.

 

My wifes car did this at times ,it seems oil had gathering in the Turbo or
somewhere .One time it looked very bad and we were concerned ,it turned out
a new oxygen sensor fixed it up no smoke now at all.