Smoke and Burning?, Ive search but i need more help Options

[sapperk]

Once the car gets to operating temp, a strong burning smell is comming from engine. Light black smoke is comming from muffler and lots of white burning smoke is comming from engine. It sort of is comming from behind the alternator down below. Can not track it completely. Any ideas?

[presure2]

sounds like your waterpump is going bad.

[sapperk]

The water pump and timming belt was changed out about 2 years ago, and the car hasnt really been driven for about 8 months?

[Remy]

Are you losing coolant or oil at all ?? How many miles on the motor ?? What brand water pump was used ?? And if your cars been setting for 8 months with no gas stabilizer you probably have bad fuel too.

This post has been edited by Remy: Feb 24, 2009 - 9:00 PM

[sapperk]

Not loosing coolant or oil, dont know what water pump was used. Factory OEM im sure. About 120K miles. Maybe bad fuel? But must be something else...

What about gaskets? What about exaust gaskets? Can they be an issue? Where the manifold connects to the exaust pipes underneath the engine?

Oh by the way if it matters, its a 5SFE, 1996 Celica GT.

[sapperk]

So im thinking bad fuel now, with the black smoke comming from muffler. If it is bad fuel, if i just add some more good gas and maybe an additive ya think that might do it?

[Remy]

I would drain it out or syphon it out lol and if you could see smoke coming from below the alt and your guessing its from one of your exhaust piping it could be a bad gasket or you could have a crack somewhere.

[sapperk]

You 6Gc guys are the best, im gonna try to work the gas thing later today and see whats up. If that doesnt fix it i guess ill go and strip some things apart and try to trace the issue a litttle better. Hopefully some fresh gas and a little octane booster will do the job. Maybe clean my injectors also. Thanks guys for the advice and input...

[sapperk]

Well i changed the gas, the problem actually looks a little better, but it is still happening. I wanna change the gaskets in my exaust but i cant get THE FREAKING BOLTS out. Im sure they havent been out ever and the car is a 1996. WTF i feel like such a newb, i just dont wanna run into any more problems by screwing it up, or snapping bolts or something.

[JustinCapps]

cant help you with your problem... but i am wondering how you made/got that tube around your intake??

[JustinCapps]

cant help you with your problem... but i am wondering how you made/got that tube around your intake??

[sapperk]

The heat shield? It came with it, Injen

[6G96GT]

Black smoke is fuel...running rich? White smoke is coolant...gotta leak...does it smell sweet in the engine bay or even a bit fishy? You can always get a pressure test on the cooling system to see if you have a leak somewhere. I think it runs $30-$50

This post has been edited by 6G96GT: Feb 27, 2009 - 2:27 PM