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 Posted: Dec 19, 2014 06:22AM
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Yep peter we'll be there cabin reserved. Mike G has the silicone hose in stock i believe so he may be able to give you the correct diameter, no need for the elbows when you use the silicone hose.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

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 Posted: Dec 19, 2014 05:23AM
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Originally Posted by malsal

Wasting your time and money if you did not verify the vacuum lines and elbows were in good shape like i suggested in my previous post. 90% of SPI and MPI running rich problems are the vacuum lines.

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maybe we need to pin this at the top so anyone new to SPi's will check this first, but on the other hand, it's always nice to help out someone that's starting out in Minis, and repetition  will assure that many see and read it, so forget pinning it.  For those that have replaced their vac lines with silicone ones, what diameter?  Do you still use the elbows?  It's about time to check mine before the CMU event.  See you there Malcolm?

 Posted: Dec 15, 2014 09:14AM
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I'm going to say if it's not a rich running condition, replace the valve guide seals.

 

yea yea, I know it's typically blue smoke that is the clue-- but not necessarily with a car that has a cat.

 Posted: Dec 15, 2014 08:10AM
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I just went thru the same thing, I think ... Lots of smoking upon startup, but got better as driven. It would, of course smoke some after it warmed up if I really hit the gas hard, but generally the worst smoke was at startup. I reasoned oil was leaking into the ignition area of the cylinders while the engine sat idle and that told me it was either the head gasket or valve seals. Then the head gasket completely gave in turning my 4 cylinder engine into a 2 cylinder. I installed a rebuilt head with new valve seals and new head gasket and all is well ... no more smoke. It runs better than it ever did.

Your issue would produce blue or white smoke the posters issue is black smoke which is a sign of running rich.

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 Posted: Dec 15, 2014 08:04AM
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I just went thru the same thing, I think ... Lots of smoking upon startup, but got better as driven. It would, of course smoke some after it warmed up if I really hit the gas hard, but generally the worst smoke was at startup.

I reasoned oil was leaking into the ignition area of the cylinders while the engine sat idle and that told me it was either the head gasket or valve seals. Then the head gasket completely gave in turning my 4 cylinder engine into a 2 cylinder. I installed a rebuilt head with new valve seals and new head gasket and all is well ... no more smoke. It runs better than it ever did.

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you can start the engine and use a propane torch, UNLIT, to trace the vacuum lines and around the exhaust/intake gaskets. If there's an air leak, the propane will get sucked into the engine and you'll hear the engine speed up.

 

DON'T LITE THE TORCH!

 

 Posted: Dec 13, 2014 08:47AM
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Wasting your time and money if you did not verify the vacuum lines and elbows were in good shape like i suggested in my previous post. 90% of SPI and MPI running rich problems are the vacuum lines.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Dec 13, 2014 02:26AM
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I changed out the plugs the wires and distro cap the lambda sensor  and the cat and I still have smoke does the ecu needs time to adjust to the new instruments??

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 12:40PM
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the smoke is black and it happens maimly when it start and as well as when i press of the gas padel . 

To start with you should check all the vacuum elbows on the ends of the lines from the ecu to the air filter there are eight of them. If they leak they cause the car to run rich to overcome the lean mixture. Look especially at the ones on the rear of the intake they seem to fail first due to the exhaust heat. If this is the problem you need to have the codes cleared from the ecu wit hthe proper scanner, they will not clear by disconnecting the battery.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 11:30AM
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Def sounds like too rich.  I know nothing about fuel injection unfortunately.
Still wouldn't hurt to do a compression test....especially with a new to you car....gives you an idea of what you've got.

There must be a number of other classic MINI owners near you in Germany that could lend a hand

 

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 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 11:18AM
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the smoke is black and it happens maimly when it start and as well as when i press of the gas padel . 

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 11:15AM
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With rich mixture black smoke you should be able to smell unburned fuel and the fumes will cause your eyes will water.

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 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 10:41AM
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Is the smoke black or blue ? Black would indicate it to be running rich blue would be burning oil. Does it just smoke on start up or all the time ? Smoking blue smoke on start up for around 30 seconds or so would be bad valve guide seals, blue smoke constantly could be worn piston rings. To make sure a 100% you would need to do a leakdown test that would isolate your problem if it is oil that is being burnt.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 10:26AM
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i poured a bottle of that fuel injector cleaner to see where that takes me as for checking the lines and elbow i'll look into that 

i checked the oil and its black not milky white

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 10:06AM
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check your engine oil. Is it milky white?  Blown head gasket. Most common cause.

 

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 09:27AM
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check the engine compression.. and go from there

 

 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 09:14AM
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Originally Posted by vegeto0269

yes you right and thank you. it's a 1996 and alot of the smoke comes out the tail pipe its to the point that when i place my palm by the muffler i have oil sprits on my hand so far to start with i have new plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, emissions sensor, cat converter on order. hope this helps and thank you   

Are you sure it's oil and not running super rich. As it is a 96 it should have fuel injection and when they have a sensor or vacuum line fail they go into limp mode and run super rich as the ecu is compensating for the bad sensor or broken vacuum line or more often elbow connection.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

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 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 09:06AM
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yes you right and thank you. it's a 1996 and alot of the smoke comes out the tail pipe its to the point that when i place my palm by the muffler i have oil sprits on my hand so far to start with i have new plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, emissions sensor, cat converter on order. hope this helps and thank you   

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We're going to need a bit more info to help; such as where the smoke is coming from.

Otherwise you may just need to top it off with pre-packaged smoke.


 Posted: Nov 22, 2014 08:03AM
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hi

i just purchesed a mini and i'm proud  my issue is this i have smoke  and i would like to know what are some issues that may cause this and what can i try to fix this ? thank you