What does it means when my car starts smoking after being idle for a while, parked on downhill/uphill? I noticed this yesterday, it smokes but only when parked downhill/uphill
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06-19-2010
What does it means when my car starts smoking after being idle for a while, parked on downhill/uphill? I noticed this yesterday, it smokes but only when parked downhill/uphill
06-19-2010
where does the smoke come from?
06-19-2010
Could be a lot of things. I am going to say leaking valve covers and lim gaskets dripping on the manifold when parked on an incline.
06-19-2010
Oh sorry, I forgot to say where the smoke comes from lol.... muffler (exhaust? don't know if its the same thing)
06-20-2010
Valve stem oil seals, most likely. It make sense when you say on a hill to me because with the engine sitting sideways in FWD car, the oil flowing in the cylinder head will run into the valve guides more than if it were parked level surface.
How many miles are on it?
dean
06-20-2010
it has 195,000
06-20-2010
Cheapest way that I can think of to do is to not park on a hill and let it idle, probably somthing you did not want to hear, and I am not trying to be a smart a$$, but with that many miles, that engine could probably benifit from valve stem oil seals.
06-20-2010
yeah, thats what I'm avoiding to do... it doesn't start smoking as soon as i'm idle uphill, it take slike 5 minutes to start smoking, so if I'm in a red light in uphill for 2 minutes I'm fine, car will not smoke. I know my car is old and needs some work done and I really would like to do it but right now my wallet is empty lol
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