Just curious, when I hit it pretty hard on the road I notice quite a bit of exhaust smoke. I just got an oil change (last was 3000 miles) and was a half quart low. I've got about 38000 miles on the car (03 - stock turbo - BR stage 3 mods).

Is this normal to get this much smoke when running the car hard every now and then, or is it running rich (Had it custom tuned) or am I burning oil somewhere? I only notice the smoke when I hit it hard, and not when idling.

Thanks for the help!

Mike

PS - Getting the BR 20g9 next week. Maybe the turbo upgrade will fix the problem?

 

Anyone? Or is this just normal and I'm being paraniod?

Thanks,

 

blue, black, white???

What color is the smoke?

Blue = Oil
Black = Un burnt fuel
White= Coolant

 

guaranteed to be black smoke. she's running fine. maybe a lil on the rich side but fine nonetheless. mine does it too.

 

if its black your fine..just running rich like mentioned above

 

its just carbon build up. mines does its too

 

Mine would do it too - had about 60k on my '03 and it ran fine.
Big black smoke cloud for the STi behind me to enjoy =D

 

^ Hah! Let them weeeeze

 

Thanks for the feedback guys! I'm not so paranoid now! At least the car beside me at the light will be the one smelling it once he sees my bumper!

 

My car spits carbon while its warming up too. I got a bunch of black crap all over my garage floor LOL. Car only has 2500 miles on it too! Under WOT I get a good puff of black too, its tuned too.

 

everyone thinks my car is a diesel. lol

 

Buddy has the same problem. Only smokes when he guns it.

Turbo bushing is slightly leaking oil. He also is a BR stg 3.
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