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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 08:09 PM
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Shes Here!!!

Boys and girls i drove back to Calgary alberta in a 300zx, and Picked up my baby!!! Then drove her back to Esquimalt.. The trip took 17 hrs Start to finish, thats including the near 2 hr ferry ride, waiting for the ferry two 1 hr stops and the fact that IT WAS RAINING SO BAD that i drove 40km/h for 2 hrs straight.. I made up for it by driving 110 mph for 2 hrs straight!!!
Here's the Good news

NO SPEEDING TICKETS

120 Dollars Canadian for the Trip in gas

NO OVERHEATING

NO PROBLEMS on the way over...

So i get here the next day i start her up and theres just this HUGE Cloud of smoke that comes out... What is it?

The new climate? I changed the oil before i left Calgary...
There was NO smoking the entire trip or the rest of the day... but it sat for a night and it smoked... Could it be that all the crud from the trip over settled? The new gas? What!!! let it run for about 4 min and it lessend considerably, started her back up and the cloud wasnt so big.. But then i had to man a station

Whats the deal?
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 02:00 AM
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Re: Shes Here!!!

Originally posted by Gta-Paladin
Boys and girls i drove back to Calgary alberta in a 300zx, and Picked up my baby!!! Then drove her back to Esquimalt.. The trip took 17 hrs Start to finish
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So i get here the next day i start her up and theres just this HUGE Cloud of smoke that comes out... What is it?
WOW 17hrs is damn good!!!! last time I made that drive it took 10hrs one way on the Coquihala.

Sorry but I can't help with your problem. When I moved from BC to Calgary I had problems with the computer,in my car, constantly throwing a MAF code... When I returned to BC the code never re-appeared. Go Figure, Guess the car liked the humidity of BC's summers better than the dry Alberta summers :shrug:
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 06:35 AM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 Eaton Posi, 10 Bolt
THAT IS GREAT!!!!!

now you will have to try to make it to a gathering
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 11:31 AM
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Valve stem seals or maybe valve cover gaskets?
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 10:04 PM
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Sounds like valve seals or valve guides.
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 11:57 PM
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Nothing to worry about, it's just the good ol' Chevy Salute!
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 12:29 AM
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i put in an msd blaster coil and replaced the original plug wires with 8.5mm superconductors..

Boys, i dont want to sound like a ***** but i can see a HUGE difference with the combined result, maybe it was the worn out plugs, or the coil.. but the end result is absolutely astonashing

i have no traction now!!!!
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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 09:59 PM
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What color is the smoke? White is antifreeze.... blue is oil... and black is incomplete burn or running too rich.
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Old Sep 24, 2002 | 12:58 PM
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it's white on startup then dissapears recently theres been nothing
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