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jpdoyle
10-05-2010, 11:04 PM
I'm driving down the interstate in my 97 Contour and everything is just fine. As I exit I65 onto 265 I'm going around a pretty sharp curve for about 15 seconds at 55 mph. About half way through the curve the engine misses and blows a huge puff of white smoke out the tailpipe. It does this a couple times and then stops once I get straightened back out and not whipping it around the curve. After that no smoke at all and the engine runs great again. This happens twice a day everyday at the same spot. Other than that it seems fine.
What in the world could be causing it?
This isn't a trick question; it happens every day.
Thanks!!
What in the world could be causing it?
This isn't a trick question; it happens every day.
Thanks!!
Davescort97
10-06-2010, 06:18 PM
I'm no expert, but I have an idea about what happened. You must have pulled so many G's on that corner that the oil in the pan got up into the cylinders. This is what I think happened.
Normally white smoke is water that has been vaporized, but I've heard from other posters that a shot oil going through the combustion chamber will materialize itself as such, also. I hope you got your timng belt fixed up all right . Murphy's law.....
Normally white smoke is water that has been vaporized, but I've heard from other posters that a shot oil going through the combustion chamber will materialize itself as such, also. I hope you got your timng belt fixed up all right . Murphy's law.....
jpdoyle
10-06-2010, 09:34 PM
Crazy car actually died on me tonight. Same place, same scenario. Once I straightened back out I was able to shift to neutral and start it back up. Drove fine after that. It's just weird.
Thanks for the reply :)
Thanks for the reply :)
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