Smoke cloud
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Car: 1988 Firebird
Engine: 305
Transmission: 700r4
Smoke cloud
88 firebird 305 quadrajet 700r4, was doing a high speed run the other day vs this little HHR , I was doing 95-100, pedal mostly to the metal, rpms were up but not sure exact numbers as no tach. I was on the throttle hard (was catching that damn HHR lol) and I look in my rearview to all the sudden see a HUGE cloud of white (oil for sure) smoke behind me so I let off throttle and smoke stops pouring out of my exhaust. I thought I blew the motor but I pulled off the highway and by that time there was no more smoke . I checked my oil and everything was fine. Drove fine ever since , no smoke no ticking no knocking. It was just real odd how that happened, has this happened to anyone else?
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From: Bright, IN
Car: '86 Bird, 96 ImpalaSS, 98 C1500XCab
Engine: LG4, LT1, L31
Transmission: 700R4, 4L60E, 4L60E
Axle/Gears: 3.73 Tors, 4.88 spool, 3.73 Eaton
Re: Smoke cloud
Is your trans fluid over-filled? It can push out the vent tube at high rpm / high temp and land on your exhaust.
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Car: 1987 iroc
Engine: 383 TPIS intake, Dyno Don headers
Transmission: 700R4 w/Pro-built Auto/transgo 2-3
Axle/Gears: 3.27/3.70 borg warner 9 bolt
Re: Smoke cloud
Careful you didn't blow a head gasket? White smoke is usually coolant as posted above. It may have let the gasket go at high RPM causing coolant to run into the exhaust.
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Car: 1988 Firebird
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Re: Smoke cloud
Yes it was oil whitish with blue tinge, looking like a 2 stroke, I am familiar with the differences between oil and coolant, but oil is fine coolant fine this is about 3 weeks later guess just a weird anomaly
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