[Shotimes] Underhood oil smoke

[Peter Chase]

Yes, it's a 92 MTX. I'm probably going to buy some VCG's on the way home and
just replace them tonight, and hope that does it. Pardon my ignorance, but
what is the DPFE?

On 9/27/05, Paul L Fisher <sho@paul-fisher.com> wrote:
>
> Automatic or 5 speed? If it is an automatic, my guess is that the trans
> puked up ATF and it landed on the manifold. Had you just done some
> 'spirited' driving?
>
> With either trans it could be the oil pressure sensor. Look down from
> around
> the master cylinder area to directly under the DPFE (if you have one).
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Peter Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:59 PM
> To: Sholist
> Subject: [Shotimes] Underhood oil smoke
>
> As I was pulling into my parking spot after lunch, a huge amount of oil
> smoke started billowing out from under my hood. I immediately shut it down
> and popped the hood to notice that all of the smoke was coming from the
> rear
> bank of cylinders, some through the intake snakes and some from behind the
> snakes by the firewall. Is an oil pressure sensor back there that could
> have
> gone bad all of a sudden? Could my rear valve cover gasket have gone bad
> during my short trip to lunch? Has anyone had any similar experiences?
> Thanks,
> Peter
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