Victor Michael wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've taken my unnamed Spitfire out on the road and after driving on
> the
> expressway for as short as 10 minutes, exit and sit at a traffic
> signal,
> puffs of smoke come from under the car. It only does this once and
> lasts for
> a short time, so my guess is that at higher speeds, oil is spun onto
> the
> exhaust system and burns off quickly. There is some oil on the
> underside of
> the driver side floorboard but I see nowhere the oil could have come
> from.
> The drive shaft is at either side of where the oil is and where the
> smoke
> appears to be coming from. The rear differential is a bit oily, but is
> in the
> rear of the car.
>
> << SNIP>>
To: Vic
I had a similar problem with my spitfire and found the felt washer
missing from the dip stcik and the oil dripped down the joint between
the oil pan and the block and then dripped on to the exhaust. An easy
fix it that id what it is. FWIW
Dvae Simpson
76 Spitfire
NE OHIO
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