idle smoke getting serious

[Chriscote]

just installed my cpe tbe about 2 weeks back and now i am starting to smoke... badly. only at idle when reversing out of the driveway or sitting in traffic. i leave for college in 10 days so i need to try something. Any input would be greatly appriciated
Thanks and regards
Chris (GA)

[Kdawg207]

Search would be step 1

And yur not fixin that in 10 days

Change yur oil to 5/40. Bnoon bolt. Catch can.


Cross fingers it goes away after that.

[dougefresh_]

Go into ATR, and bump your idle to 950. I did that to get rid of some idle vibs from my mounts, and it made a HUGE difference if reducing smoke. In ATR, go to 'Idle Speeds' A & B, and increase 140, 176, and 212F values to 950. Do this to both tables, and change your oil to 10w/40 as already suggested. I started getting a lot of smoke after I put my TP in, and all I've done is raise the idle and it helped a LOT. I'll probably switch to 5w/40 at my next oil change. A lot of people bump their idle (amongst other things) to help w/ the smoke. You can do both of these in a half hour, and it should help a lot.

GL

[ms3brendan]

Yeah. it's been about 2ish weeks for me too and yesterday I noticed sitting at a light for about a minute I started smoking. 5w40 for my next oil change and OCC in the next month or so..

[dougefresh_]

Originally Posted by ms3brendan Yeah. it's been about 2ish weeks for me too and yesterday I noticed sitting at a light for about a minute I started smoking. 5w40 for my next oil change and OCC in the next month or so..

Try bumping your idle... My car did the same thing at sets of lights. It was getting so bad I'd kill the engine if I was at a long light. Just bumping the idle cured that. Not completely, but I've left my car idling for 5 minutes w/ no smoke. Sometimes it will but it's so much better. Well worth it, and won't affect your tune, etc...

[aaronc7]

is your TBE catless?

[ms3brendan]

Originally Posted by dougefresh_ Try bumping your idle... My car did the same thing at sets of lights. It was getting so bad I'd kill the engine if I was at a long light. Just bumping the idle cured that. Not completely, but I've left my car idling for 5 minutes w/ no smoke. Sometimes it will but it's so much better. Well worth it, and won't affect your tune, etc...

It's true. And easy enough to do.

And I've got the CPE catted DP.. thought the cat would help with smoking.. Not sure if the OP's DP is catted or not..

[m4tic]

this just shows how much smoke your stock cat was hiding... its like mazda put the second cat to hide the smoke :/

[MattJackson86]

Bumping the idle is the only "fix" for me. I don't have an AP so I just hold the gas a little...yes it sux. Having the AC on bumps the idle too and that helps.

[treyclash]

is it bad for the car to be smoking like this at idle or is it just an annoyance he is trying to fix?

[silentwolf8]

i had that issue as well when at idle.. did u install the tbe urself??? if so you may have not gotten the seals fully down. or something may be leaking.. i had to take to dealer when i had issues, not cause of the smoking nor did i tell them it was doing that.. but they did tell me that my seals werent fully connected even though it sure as hell felt like it when i put bk on..

just a thought.

[ms3brendan]

Originally Posted by silentwolf8 i had that issue as well when at idle.. did u install the tbe urself??? if so you may have not gotten the seals fully down. or something may be leaking.. i had to take to dealer when i had issues, not cause of the smoking nor did i tell them it was doing that.. but they did tell me that my seals werent fully connected even though it sure as hell felt like it when i put bk on.. just a thought.

I did the cat-back myself and the DP I had a mechanic do because I couldn't for the life of me reach that bolt on the bottom of the DP lol, now I think I can reach it with the CPE on there, the reach is much easier but.. before.. not a chance.

[Chriscote]

i guess ill update because we lost 60 days... why the hell not. bnoon bolt and w50 stopped my smoking!

[dougefresh_]

Originally Posted by Chriscote i guess ill update because we lost 60 days... why the hell not. bnoon bolt and w50 stopped my smoking!

Cool. You meant 5w40 right?

[DSIT995]

I hope he meant 5w40! lol

Bumping up idle to 900-950 also worked for my very occasional smoking, have had zero probs since

[m4tic]

1100 rpm idle ftw

[Chriscote]

Originally Posted by DSIT995 I hope he meant 5w40! lol

why?