Smokey

[TRACStar]

I put a bottle of snap fuel system cleaner in my last tank of gas 4 days ago and it has been smokin like a pig since. I figured it was just the cleaner burnin off since i put it in a half-tank of gas.

Filled up the car today figurin that it would stop it, drove around for awhile to clear the lines out. It got better but still smokes ALOT.

ITs just white smoke, like when you use sea foam but it puffs out after I give it gas and the let off.

I just called SHELL since they own snap and left a message since noone wanted to talk to me.

[the underlørd]

this is why fuel system cleaners and fuel additives in general, are a bad idea. :(

[maiku]

these are volvo's, not american pieces of crap

drain the tank and fill up with 91

[BREAKAWAY]

I use bg44k injection cleaner atleast every 30k. great products from these guys. its what i use in our shop.

[TRACStar]

The smoke got worse as i continued to drive today and the I got a CEL ( same as the other post after he put seafoam in his tank), o i decided to look under the hood . the whole area around the oil cap is covered I mean COVERED in oil. I think that may be the cause for sooo much smoke because it looks like the oil is running down the back of the block.

Does this mean it time to do the PCV, and if so is it possible that the cleaner cause it to go or is it just ironic

[RussB]

...o i decided to look under the hood

What a concept!

There just ain't enough of that around here. Too many folks think the "internet" can fix their cars for 'em

Your car has issues. Compression check and/or a leak down test are in order.

[TRACStar]

What a concept!

There just ain't enough of that around here. Too many folks think the "internet" can fix their cars for 'em

Your car has issues. Compression check and/or a leak down test are in order.

I make a note to look under the hood to check fluids at least once a week.

I was under the hood like 3 days ago and there was nothing

[erikv11]

I can't see how a fuel additive would cause the oil leak. Clean it up, see where the oil is coming from. If it isn't a turbo line or something then as far as PCV is concerned, word here goes like:

"If it is puffing smoke out of the dipstick, then PCV probably needs done. compression check in order like RussB said."

"If replacing the oil cap and/or gasket doesn't fix it, then R&R the PCV."

"PCV is part of stage zero. If you have a pre-98 and you've never done it, then it is probably time."

One nice thing about a compression check and leak-down is you may want to make sure your motor is worth the effort.

Wish I had those steelies. I've been wanting to type that for a while.

[RussB]

I make a note to look under the hood to check fluids at least once a week.

I was under the hood like 3 days ago and there was nothing

Sorry if you got the impression that I was busting on you (I wasn't)...I was speaking in general terms ;)

[TRACStar]

Sorry if you got the impression that I was busting on you (I wasn't)...I was speaking in general terms

Def. understood just letting you know i wasen't a "e-chanic"

It just freakin me out. I know the oil cap seal is a problem cause i checked that first and its like a hard peice of plastic, I would assume it started life as rubber. but over and above that it seems like it would take alot of pressure to push out that much oil in 3 days, therefore I asked about PCV

[TRACStar]

Wish I had those steelies. I've been wanting to type that for a while.

I got volans sittin in my closet, with no tires. My girlfriend LOVES that

Once I get tires the steelie are going into my garage until it snows

I'm going to try to get my car to my garage tomorrow without getting pulled over for polution.

Then it time to steal my girls truck and head to the dealer for a new oil cap and seal (I think I read on here befor that the seal comes with a new cap). Then it back to the garage to do a compression check change the cap clean the F out of the top of the engine and hope that solves it. (Fingers crossd)

[BREAKAWAY]

Def. understood just letting you know i wasen't a "e-chanic"

It just freakin me out. I know the oil cap seal is a problem cause i checked that first and its like a hard peice of plastic, I would assume it started life as rubber. but over and above that it seems like it would take alot of pressure to push out that much oil in 3 days, therefore I asked about PCV

yes the oil cap seal wil let oil gush out if it is old and brittle, but definetly check the pcv system.

[MrLorence]

The smoke got worse as i continued to drive today and the I got a CEL ( same as the other post after he put seafoam in his tank), o i decided to look under the hood . the whole area around the oil cap is covered I mean COVERED in oil. I think that may be the cause for sooo much smoke because it looks like the oil is running down the back of the block.

Does this mean it time to do the PCV, and if so is it possible that the cleaner cause it to go or is it just ironic

My car didnt smoke THIS bad (only when i get on it) and it didnt throw a code.

I ran the seafoam in my tank and had no issues

[TRACStar]

Update:

Got the new seal from the dealer and put it on, pulled the dipstick to look for puffs of smoke, not much smoke but there is definatly pressure there no vac. If I put my finger over the dipstick hole for a sec and then move it I could feel it blow out a little.

I looked all over and there is no sign on any oil on the motor other that around the oil cap, but the elbow that goes into the intake right before the turbo is cracked( see pic). Could this cause the PCV system to not work correctly?

going to do a compression test in a few hours. I need to go to a job interview first ......Need money to fix the prob right

[TRACStar]

My car didnt smoke THIS bad (only when i get on it) and it didnt throw a code.

I ran the seafoam in my tank and had no issues

Oh I was talkin about the other post (this post)