[Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0

[Carl Prochilo]

If it were just white smoke, the bars leak might have solved it.  The
white smoke would have a sweetish smell.  In fact, this just was done on
my 3.8L Windstar and it looks like it actually worked.

The blueish smoke doesn't sound good.

I don't understand the "shade of brown" part.  You did a flush and filled
with green stuff and now you have brown coolant?  Is there oil mixed with
it?
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, August 8, 2004 12:46 pm, DAVE said:
> Ok lets see if someone can figure out exactly what happened to this thing
> before I pull it out and tear it down.
> Started out puffing small amounts of smoke at start up. Then gradually got
> worse when I was in the throttle and pushed the clutch pedal it would do
> the James Bond smoke screen. Well not that bad but you get the picture.
> Was using no oil orginally. then the wife took it in and had it changed at
> a quaker state quick lube and it started using oil at the rate of a quart
> every 1500 miles. Then I got it back on the MaxLife and it started getting
> worse. Now it's a quart every 800 miles.And this week it's just puffing
> smoke at idle and rolling out at throttle. it's a bluish whitish smoke and
> smells like burnt oil.
>  During this whole debacle. from Feb to Now the radiator blew on me.
> Emergency situation. and two hours for a tow truck and 9 miles to home. I
> tossed a bottle of bars leak in it and crossed my fingers got it home.
> Replaced the waterpump T-Stat. Radiator. flushed the cooling system.
> Filled with dexcool. and the coolant is now a nice shade of brown.
> The really strange thing is the car runs perfectly fine pulls like a
> freakin freight train. no hesisitation and the temp does not come out of
> the L on Normal.
> You know if someone diagnoses this right I'd be willing to pop for a set
> of Fitz badges for them.
> Dave
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