[Shotimes] Underhood oil smoke

[Mike]

Make that Gen 2 CA MTX's.  My 90 has no such beast.
Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
To: "'Peter Chase'" <pbchase@gmail.com>; "'Sholist'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Underhood oil smoke


> Ahhh... You have an MTX and, I assume, don't live in CA. The DPFE is a
shiny
> box on the back of the intake if you have EGR, which all ATX and CA MTX's
> do.
>
>
> 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 1:31 PM
> To: Sholist
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Underhood oil smoke
>
> 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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