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Light White Smoke? Could It Be From Running Rich

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foxbody1989

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My car seems to run alright know it needs a tune runs rich as hell though. Wondering if that could cuase light white smoke?
 

hoopty5.0

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White/blue smoke is oil, black is unburned fuel
 

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White smoke could be steam caused by coolant or water getting to the combustion chamber.

Pull all the spark plugs and compare the color to see if there are any irregularities. Comparing the color of the plugs can tell you things sometimes. If particular plugs appear cleaner than others, that could be the cylinder where water is getting in. The steaming affect of the water burning off cleans the combustion chamber of carbon deposits.
 

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mine smoked pretty good after installing the turbo. it was rich as hell. Once i loaded the tune, it stopped smokiing
 
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