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zepphead09
09-08-2007, 11:58 PM
Alright I drive a 1997 mitsubishi eclipse (auto) and when i start to drive out of my exhuast which are stock comes alot of smoke and i took it to autozone they said its something that can also decrease your gas mileage please help me someone. thanks

SilvrEclipse
09-09-2007, 12:17 AM
You need to be more descriptive. What color smoke? When does it smoke? All the time or only at start up

Thor06
09-09-2007, 12:39 AM
Dude, not to be a prick, but I have no idea what the hell you just said. If you want some help you've gotta atleast make a try at some grammar, punctuation, and atleast a little description of the problem if you want anyone to help.

zepphead09
09-09-2007, 08:02 AM
um it smokes when i'm driving and if i'm at a stoplight... its usually greyish colored

TalonEclipseMixGsx
09-09-2007, 04:33 PM
Blueish color maybe? Turbo or non turbo?

dsmtuner1987
09-09-2007, 05:42 PM
either way its gonna be a gasket you're gonna need to replace, if its greyish and smells like antifreeze, its a head gasket. if its darker, it could be a few different gaskets (and its burning oil)

SilvrEclipse
09-09-2007, 05:45 PM
Its not necessarily a gasket. Could be the rings or valve stem seals.

MazdaX
09-10-2007, 02:51 PM
Its not necessarily a gasket. Could be the rings or valve stem seals.


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tfoti
09-10-2007, 11:22 PM
Never have autozone diagnose a DSM.

l_eclipse_l
09-10-2007, 11:32 PM
Never have autozone diagnose a DSM.

Words to live by...

MazdaX
09-11-2007, 02:29 AM
Never have autozone diagnose a DSM.

Or any vehicle you care about for that matter...I heard they were able to do like CEL clearing now too , if so .....eh I don't want some counter jock touching my shit. dealership or bust :/

SilvrEclipse
09-11-2007, 07:48 AM
I've had advanceauto scan my car before. There isin't anything they can mess up doing that. Plus they do it free when a dealer is going to charge like $80 just to tell you whats wrong.

MazdaX
09-11-2007, 05:51 PM
Lawl...speaking of CEL's , mine came on today on my way home , cruising at 70 mph and boop, popped on out of nowhere with no weird reactions from the car :/ I got home and used my obd2 and well..weird but it wasn't pulling any codes wtf lol. I think it's the friggin TPS acting up again but who knows...

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