SOmebody must have come round and swapped my car Late saturday (as we were out)

 

Because not only has the white smoke problem gone away, the keyless entry and locking has now started to work from the fob - something that never worked in over two years of owning this car and a feature I didn't even think it had as it is an early 93 with seatbelts on the doors!!

As I suspected, it takes time for stuff to burn off. Give it a few more days though. If you had had any oil sat in the ICs, it really takes time to work its way through the system.

Told ya buddy, Keith and Brian laid their healing hands on it.....lmao.

Looks like they didnt' quite magic the central locking properly but a damn good effort all the same

 

Doors lock when the alarm is not set and unlock when the alarm is set (plus with the alarm set you can't lock with the key for some reason, it feels kinda spongy if you try.

 

Doors unlock when you start ignition and lock when you turn ignition off (once turbo timer times out)

 

So it's all back to front like

 

But it is nice to know after 2yrs this car actually does have keyless entry/locking!!

 

Any suggestions how to make it work right other than letting Brian and Keith fondle her again......?

 

Rich

Good to hear it's on the mend, although I liked the sound of the drive by with a white ZED and the plume of white smoke behind it.....should of entered some summer shows as a display..!

Just lee those fingers double/triple crossed. Glad it's looking good though.

You mean like the bloody Red Devils?? PMSL

Just remebered to go check the oil again - I took her out on national speed limit country roads today, about 40-50 miles round trip and I really ragged her hard once when I got to pull off from an x-roads on a straight stretch with nothing but the horizon in front of me.

 

Ragging her hard did leave a good puff of smoke behind... but nothing else did. I just checked the oil and there is no noticable change from the levels when I topped her up yesterday

 

So looks like not only the smoke has stopped, but also the oil loss.

 

But why would this problem fix itself after all the trouble I had. It wasn't just the undoubted turbo fault as she made yet another litre dissapear in the 100 odd miles since then.

 

Stuck piston rings (that are now freed) anybody??

 

Rich

I really ragged her hard once when I got to pull off.

 

Can you please read back Rich before you post....you're arousing me :clap:.

Just remebered to go check the oil again - I took her out on national speed limit country roads today, about 40-50 miles round trip and I really ragged her hard once when I got to pull off from an x-roads on a straight stretch with nothing but the horizon in front of me.

 

Ragging her hard did leave a good puff of smoke behind... but nothing else did. I just checked the oil and there is no noticable change from the levels when I topped her up yesterday

 

So looks like not only the smoke has stopped, but also the oil loss.

 

But why would this problem fix itself after all the trouble I had. It wasn't just the undoubted turbo fault as she made yet another litre dissapear in the 100 odd miles since then.

 

Stuck piston rings (that are now freed) anybody??

Rich

 

The fact you were getting 180 across cylinders does not lend to stuck rings or ring land problems Rich but having said that a motor thats been laid up always benefits from a hard workout to seat the rings again ect...Also checking the oil on these motors via the dipstick can be misleading iff its a fast dip and straight out with the stick,i find it much more acuruate if you dip and count to 5 seconds to let the plastic measure end pick up the oil on 4 sides then pull.

That I do Brian as the level does not read the same on all four sides of the dip stick - so I always take a couple of reading s and go from the level on the most sides. Honestly I can say with some confidence she is not using oil to any appreciable amount anymore

 

Re Phutumsch - lol you don't know the half of it m8 believe me!

The fact you were getting 180 across cylinders does not lend to stuck rings or ring land problems Rich but having said that a motor thats been laid up always benefits from a hard workout to seat the rings again ect...Also checking the oil on these motors via the dipstick can be misleading iff its a fast dip and straight out with the stick,i find it much more acuruate if you dip and count to 5 seconds to let the plastic measure end pick up the oil on 4 sides then pull.

 

I think they were on about the oil scraper rings rather than the compression rings, which would see full compression but allow oil into the bores.

Looks like they didnt' quite magic the central locking properly but a damn good effort all the same

 

Doors lock when the alarm is not set and unlock when the alarm is set (plus with the alarm set you can't lock with the key for some reason, it feels kinda spongy if you try.

 

Doors unlock when you start ignition and lock when you turn ignition off (once turbo timer times out)

 

So it's all back to front like

 

But it is nice to know after 2yrs this car actually does have keyless entry/locking!!

 

Any suggestions how to make it work right other than letting Brian and Keith fondle her again......?

 

Rich

 

The impossible they do right away, miracles take a little longer.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I think they were on about the oil scraper rings rather than the compression rings, which would see full compression but allow oil into the bores.

 

yea i know hence...but having said that a motor thats been laid up always benefits from a hard workout to seat the rings again ect...

As I suspected, it takes time for stuff to burn off. Give it a few more days though. If you had had any oil sat in the ICs, it really takes time to work its way through the system.

 

My thoughts too - and that's great news Rich!!

 

Richard:thumbup1: