Hi Guys

Just bought a 95 WRX last weekend and it's the first turbo'd car i've had. Took it out a few times in the rain, drove it quite conservatively and when I stop, smoke seems to come out from the bonnet vents. What is this, do I have to worry?

Also, other than letting the car warm up before booting it, and not acclerating too hard in 1st, is there any other precautions I should take?

Any help would be much appreciated,

Regards

Akka

 

bttt

 

Does the smoke smell of oil or burning oil and is it on both sides or only one.
The reason i say this is because mine did this also and it was oil leaking from the drivers side cam cover on to the exhaust.

 

Not too sure, when I bought the vehicle there was an oil leak, only very slight and did not cause too much smoke in the dry (when he took me for a test drive) he said that this problem was fixed, so I assumed that this wasn't the problem. It doesn't really smell too much either. Have you any idea what this could be?

P.S - It did just seem to be on one side too (drivers side).

Regards

John

 

It does seem to be some sort of leak eighther oil or water, your going to have to have a look under bonnet and if a leak is not visible maybe have a feel around the areas (pipes etc) where you can see some sort of fluid?

All the best

Franko

 

I had the same problem it also was the drivers side rocker cover leaking onto the exhaust , resulting in smoke coming out of bonnet vent .

Mark

 

KLR16V did you get this problem significantly in the dry? As it only seems to occur in the wet, when it's raining.