[eastcoast335xi]

So sitting at a red light and smoke starts blowing by me and I'm thinking someones got a shit box.....
annnnd then I realize its coming from my car.


Symptoms:

White smoke, smells.
The exhaust tips were wet, I touched them and its like oil / could be condensation
Car stutters when started
When accelerating, hesitates
No oil leaking on the driveway
Car was warmed up for about 7 minutes and its like 40's out
Car has 92,xxx miles, no idea if its been walnut blasted.




Solutions, thoughts???? Appreciate it

[Down_Shift]

valve cover/gasket

or


turbo seal.




check your plugs.

Originally Posted by eastcoast335xi

So sitting at a red light and smoke starts blowing by me and I'm thinking someones got a shit box.....
annnnd then I realize its coming from my car.


Symptoms:

White smoke, smells.
The exhaust tips were wet, I touched them and its like oil / could be condensation
Car stutters when started
When accelerating, hesitates
No oil leaking on the driveway
Car was warmed up for about 7 minutes and its like 40's out
Car has 92,xxx miles, no idea if its been walnut blasted.




Solutions, thoughts???? Appreciate it

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Down_Shift

valve cover/gasket

or


turbo seal.




check your plugs.

This. My bet is a bad seal. Don't buy vargas.

[eastcoast335xi]

Originally Posted by Torgus

This. My bet is a bad seal. Don't buy vargas.

thanks guys.

It's my daily, not planning on putting a ton of miles on her, but how bad is it to drive like this? Can't go under the knife till hopefully later on next week, too busy.

PS- new plugs when I put the tune in a month ago.

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by eastcoast335xi

thanks guys.

It's my daily, not planning on putting a ton of miles on her, but how bad is it to drive like this? Can't go under the knife till hopefully later on next week, too busy.

PS- new plugs when I put the tune in a month ago.

I would pull out the plugs and look at them.

Ibwould just keep your oil full. You can buy replacements from turner which is who I would buy through. Good luck.

[Sean978]

Any oil consumption issues recently? My oil sensor slowly shit the bed, causing false low-oil readings. Over-oiling was the suspected cause of my seal failure.

[eastcoast335xi]

Originally Posted by Sean978

Any oil consumption issues recently? My oil sensor slowly shit the bed, causing false low-oil readings. Over-oiling was the suspected cause of my seal failure.

Funny you say that.... My oil light just came on after a little cruise to the store 😔

[SLOWER]

My car hasn't burned a speck of oil in 35k miles. All of a sudden it's down a quart. Is the oil level sensor a common failure?

[Sean978]

Well i'll tell you one thing, i'll never trust that godamn thing again.

I was adding half a quart at a time (when the reading was +1qt), A handful of times over a couple of months. I put a decent amount of mileage on the car so didn't think much of it as I had an ofhg leak.

[zero2sixtyZ]

I'm going with valve cover on this one.

[eastcoast335xi]

Originally Posted by zero2sixtyZ

I'm going with valve cover on this one.

There's no oil in the bay or on the ground though.
Any idea the cost? Someone said 6 hrs @ $100 plus parts?


UPDATE: car won't start... FML.

Well, it did but on the 5th try. All electronics went on when key was in, then it just made a really loud noise when push to start was engaged. I'm assuming this is unrelated and the car gods are just trying to screw me over all at once or is it?