Re: Lots of Smoke, Oh no.
Post by tomkirkman on Jun 2, 2006, 7:37pm

In the roughly 1-year in which I've had this particular vehicle, I've run it for about 20 or 30 minutes each month just to keep the batteries charged and everything internally lubricated. It had never smoked before yesterday when I drove it about 2 miles.

I wouldn't expect a compression ring to go out all of a sudden, although I could see a piston going out. These were also my thoughts when I saw all that smoke.

I'll try your test tomorrow and see what happens.

By the way, we're not talking about a little smoke or vapor weaping up out of the breather - it looks like something is on fire or with the hose shut, like the raditor has blown out. LOTS of smoke. Not blue, not white, just light neutral colored smoke, but tons of it.

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