Just looking at some pics from snetterton and ive noticed she seems to be smoking a bit,can you tell by the colour of the smoke if its worn engine or overfueling? or could it be my turbo as i know it has a little play in the shaft?
Just thinking if it is worn engine i will need to rebuild it before i put the new turbo and chip in
If i can get a compression test,what should it read if its a healthy engine?
Also i get shit loads of black soot all over the car which is a nightmare to clean off

 

God that car looks amazing

 

doesn't seem to be anything worth worrying about mate

stunning car

 

As above, looks like a turbo car going round a track to me

 

Al, not as much smoke as mine!

 

Al, cracking car that mate

 

lol have your sorted yours? was it headgasket?
just fitted my new turbo get me ecu tomorow,then i can fit injectors and the chip

 

Car Porn

 

looks stunning

 

as fook Al.

As for your problem, i'm no car mechanical expert but could simply be the fact you were working it hard and might be a bit of oil burnt off (possibly ) or maybe the fact it was a cold day & the exhaust was just condensating slightly...just like cars do when in cold weather.

black soot could be over-fuelling (?) a touch

Sure someone will rip my diagnosis to bits.

 

The car looks a stunner

 

Just an excuse to post a pic up -

 

if your paint is getting black id say indicates over fueling/un burnt fuel

so not a big problem

 

yeah it does,i have to t cutt the right side after ive been thrashing it,be no paint left soon

 

Perfectly normal ! Most of the crap on cosworth rear bumpers after a track session tends to be from the diffs and gearbox , a small pot mounted high up with a pipe from the diff etc will stop that , not sure whats on the right side of your car to make that worse than the other tho .

 

i guess the first thing to do would be to determine exactly when your cars smoking, i.e. hot, cold, on boost, off boost, idle, overrun etc etc then work from there as there are different factors that could cause it to smoke in each situation

Hope this helps

 

If it black smoke its just unburnt fuel mate my cossie does the same mate. Its running nice and rich. I know what you man about polishing the back bumper all the time.

 

Or and by the way your car looks mint.

 

Tell you what as i am a nice guy. Bring the car on Camp Saturday i will get my fat arse in your drivers seat, and give it a drive while you look to see if its smoking while following in the saph.

And dont say i could follow you thats just silly mate.

 

my mate was at snetterton that weekend he was in a black z m coupe he told me he was very impressed by a white escos and a mk1 escort he sent me these pics lovely car you got there mate













thanks

tony

 

impressed by Rainbum?? surely not?

 

are u running a L6 ecu??

 

the coupes are nice. same speed as me on track at donnington last week end.

the hite esc cos, looks pretty std, so i bet you could piss all over that

and your car is stunning

as for the smoke, cossie over run with fuel as std to help cooling, so absolutly nothing to worry about, just have too clean it every track day

 

Ur car is an old shonker, get it off here!


Seriously tho, must have cost a fair few pence to get it where it is, and sourcing a good shell..


Awesome, looks good, fair play

 

Ah yes i remember the bmw

 

awesome motor

 

sorry to not be of any help with your query but i just wanted to say that i love this car