I'm curious. Where in Colorado? What highway?
A question I've had for almost 20 years!
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I could see a engine sucking a bit too much oil doing that and hydro locking.
Originally Posted By: webfors
Yep, Italian Tuneup. I like to perform one once a week in my Subie. My wife drives it like a granny so it's needed for that boxer.
I do the same thing weekly to my wife's Mercedes. The 3.7L V6 in that SUV has an awesome growl when you really get after it.
Yep, Italian Tuneup. I like to perform one once a week in my Subie. My wife drives it like a granny so it's needed for that boxer.
I do the same thing weekly to my wife's Mercedes. The 3.7L V6 in that SUV has an awesome growl when you really get after it.
White smoke is coolant.
Oil is somewhat bluer and darker.
Maybe the supercharger was at fault, along with the possible piston rings and head.
Oil is somewhat bluer and darker.
Maybe the supercharger was at fault, along with the possible piston rings and head.
I have had plenty of gray/white oil smoke as it sucked up through the PCV system slammed and holding pedal to the wood.I know what coolant looks like and the smell.If that mr2 had a coolant/head issue over time more would have showed up on that engine.Now I guess its possible a head lifted or expanded great enough to do such like Ford 6.0 diesels do.BUT within a while of them doing such it gets more frequent/worse over time.
I do the Italian tuneup on my Santa Fe once a month and beat on it hard, redlining it a few times. But only once warmed up and always with the car already rolling. Keep the carbon non-existent IMO.
And no, not because I'm of Italian heritage...
And no, not because I'm of Italian heritage...
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Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Definately PCV.
Yup. Supercharger adds to crankcase pressure for sure.
Definately PCV.
Yup. Supercharger adds to crankcase pressure for sure.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
There are some stretches of I-91 in Massachussetts and Vermont that would be adequate for Italian tuneups. Too bad they're usually full of traffic cops.
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
There are some stretches of I-91 in Massachussetts and Vermont that would be adequate for Italian tuneups. Too bad they're usually full of traffic cops.
come to pa,they hardly ever monitor speed here.at least where i live.
Originally Posted By: mechtech2
White smoke is coolant.
Oil is somewhat bluer and darker.
Maybe the supercharger was at fault, along with the possible piston rings and head.
The supercharger in the '88 MR2 was a Roots type that had it's own oil reservoir. I remember how hard and expensive it was to get oil for it at the dealer. I first had to convince the parts guy that yes, Toyota did make a factory supercharged MR2, and yes, it does take supercharger oil. Talk about expensive oil. $50 for a 50mlcan! The can was just plain steel with a generic Toyota parts sticker on it. Anyway I'd be surprised if the supercharger was the culprit behind the smoke. Not only because it uses it's own oil reservoir, but at the altitude I was at during this run is somewhere around 9,000'. If I remember right the full boost on that supercharger was about 6psi. I'm not sure if there is even that much of a positive boost anymore at that altitude.
White smoke is coolant.
Oil is somewhat bluer and darker.
Maybe the supercharger was at fault, along with the possible piston rings and head.
The supercharger in the '88 MR2 was a Roots type that had it's own oil reservoir. I remember how hard and expensive it was to get oil for it at the dealer. I first had to convince the parts guy that yes, Toyota did make a factory supercharged MR2, and yes, it does take supercharger oil. Talk about expensive oil. $50 for a 50mlcan! The can was just plain steel with a generic Toyota parts sticker on it. Anyway I'd be surprised if the supercharger was the culprit behind the smoke. Not only because it uses it's own oil reservoir, but at the altitude I was at during this run is somewhere around 9,000'. If I remember right the full boost on that supercharger was about 6psi. I'm not sure if there is even that much of a positive boost anymore at that altitude.
Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
I'm curious. Where in Colorado? What highway?
The highway is US 24 that goes through South Park. There is a 10 mile plus stretch of road that opens up to you after coming off of the 9,500' Wilkerson Pass that makes it almost impossible not to speed on. As long as there are no buffalo on the road you're good to go. The nice thing is you can see the entire 10 mile long stretch coming down the pass so you can literally see any cops on the side of the road. There are no trees to hide behind for them. If you have Google Earth, check out these coordinates.
39° 2'35.85"N
105°35'34.74"W
Of course 20 years ago there was never anyone on this road, especially on the weekdays. Now I doubt you could hit 80 on it before getting behind a line of RV's.
I'm curious. Where in Colorado? What highway?
The highway is US 24 that goes through South Park. There is a 10 mile plus stretch of road that opens up to you after coming off of the 9,500' Wilkerson Pass that makes it almost impossible not to speed on. As long as there are no buffalo on the road you're good to go. The nice thing is you can see the entire 10 mile long stretch coming down the pass so you can literally see any cops on the side of the road. There are no trees to hide behind for them. If you have Google Earth, check out these coordinates.
39° 2'35.85"N
105°35'34.74"W
Of course 20 years ago there was never anyone on this road, especially on the weekdays. Now I doubt you could hit 80 on it before getting behind a line of RV's.
I've been near there -- I drove down to Florissant one day in the late spring of '99, and I've been to Leadville via US 24 and Fairplay and Alma via US 285 and CO 9.
I well recall the day in the spring of '98 that I drove the Mercedes 280CE west of Great Sand Dunes on the straight-as-a-string county line road, 112, from Hooper to US 285. The Merc wasn't wide open, but I was doing over 100. Suddenly up pops a sign: "Watch for Bison on Road." I slowed down in a hurry. . . .
I well recall the day in the spring of '98 that I drove the Mercedes 280CE west of Great Sand Dunes on the straight-as-a-string county line road, 112, from Hooper to US 285. The Merc wasn't wide open, but I was doing over 100. Suddenly up pops a sign: "Watch for Bison on Road." I slowed down in a hurry. . . .
I just gave my wifes Hyundai an Italian tune up on sunday. She was complaining that it felt sluggish. All she ever does is thousands of miles per OCI of stop and go. Never does she go on the highway. So I topped her tank with High octane and drove the living [censored] out of it for 20 miles. All I can say is that it really needed it.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
Probably, but I would guess those are GTI's that were broken in that way. My GTI has lived most of it's 148k mile life at 75 mph or less. Suddenly dropping the hammer in my GTI after so many tame miles surely couldn't be good. I could be wrong.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
Probably, but I would guess those are GTI's that were broken in that way. My GTI has lived most of it's 148k mile life at 75 mph or less. Suddenly dropping the hammer in my GTI after so many tame miles surely couldn't be good. I could be wrong.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
Probably, but I would guess those are GTI's that were broken in that way. My GTI has lived most of it's 148k mile life at 75 mph or less. Suddenly dropping the hammer in my GTI after so many tame miles surely couldn't be good. I could be wrong.
As long as things are as they should be maintenance-wise, nothing to worry about.
Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
This thread makes me wish I had a place where I could take my GTI for a 10 mile WOT run. Then again, something would probably break.
Isn't the Autobahn full Of VW GTIs that are running at full throttle for 10 miles or even more?
Probably, but I would guess those are GTI's that were broken in that way. My GTI has lived most of it's 148k mile life at 75 mph or less. Suddenly dropping the hammer in my GTI after so many tame miles surely couldn't be good. I could be wrong.
As long as things are as they should be maintenance-wise, nothing to worry about.
Originally Posted By: lexus114
come to pa,they hardly ever monitor speed here.at least where i live.
Whenever I/we have driven along the PA I-90 stretch, there are cops every few hundred feet clocking people. (Ok maybe not that many, but a LOT) and I have seen them pull people over for doing maybe 58 in a 55 and 69 in a 65.
come to pa,they hardly ever monitor speed here.at least where i live.
Whenever I/we have driven along the PA I-90 stretch, there are cops every few hundred feet clocking people. (Ok maybe not that many, but a LOT) and I have seen them pull people over for doing maybe 58 in a 55 and 69 in a 65.
Originally Posted By: bustednutz
I just gave my wifes Hyundai an Italian tune up on sunday. She was complaining that it felt sluggish. All she ever does is thousands of miles per OCI of stop and go. Never does she go on the highway. So I topped her tank with High octane and drove the living [censored] out of it for 20 miles. All I can say is that it really needed it.
Sometimes the wife needs it too.
I just gave my wifes Hyundai an Italian tune up on sunday. She was complaining that it felt sluggish. All she ever does is thousands of miles per OCI of stop and go. Never does she go on the highway. So I topped her tank with High octane and drove the living [censored] out of it for 20 miles. All I can say is that it really needed it.
Sometimes the wife needs it too.
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