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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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alright guys got an induction kit fitted at the weekendall is well apart from sometimes when i floor her she gives blue smoke out the back. this cant be normal can it. also it gets worse. when im driving above 60 and drop her into neutral the revs will fall to 0 and engine will cut out. but if i then put it back in gear it bump starts back up. spoke to the mechanic who was doing all the work to my car and he thinks they might of knocked the maf. sencor or something like that. Any advice should i keep driving her or park her up.
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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blue smoke = oil
white smoke = water
black smoke = fuel

its most probably black smoke(hopefully) and your MAF has gone up the sh@tter
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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Running a Induction kit without remapping can cause the car to underfuel and run lean, hense the Blue smoke

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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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out of interest, how can an induction kit cause the car to overfuel, isnt that the whole point of the MAF????
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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blue smoke usually means turbo is on its last legs
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mikey2
out of interest, how can an induction kit cause the car to overfuel, isnt that the whole point of the MAF????
over fuel and run lean?? that is rather contradicting lol

the ecu might not compensate for the extra air properly and cause it to run lean
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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thats my point though, isnt that the whole point of the maf, so the ecu knows how much air is coming in so it can adjust the fuel accordingly??
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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thats my point though, isnt that the whole point of the maf, so the ecu knows how much air is coming in so it can adjust the fuel accordingly??
Mafs are very week on my99-2000 cars. Its a well known problem that induction kits can cause maf failure on cars of that age. Most stick to a good panel filter.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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Turbo seals or excessive blow by past the rings blowing oil through the breather system.

See if your intercooler is full of oil.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by mikey2
thats my point though, isnt that the whole point of the maf, so the ecu knows how much air is coming in so it can adjust the fuel accordingly??
lol, sorry was being picky
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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it could be your valve stem oil seals as these are sometimes over looked
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