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Blue-white smoke, engine misses
Old 01-15-2004, 10:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Blue-white smoke, engine misses
My 92 5-speed in cold weather has always had the situation where the pre-heater or whatever it is called constantly cycles through turning on and off for quite a while when the engine is cold. It sends the voltmeter right down to nothing and the headlights dim but there seem to be no ill-effects. I'm hoping this is okay for a 1st gen. Any thoughts on this?

The other more serious problem is when I start up, I can leave it running a while to warm up, but when I take off it feels like it's running on 5 cylinders for the first few gears. It also pours out huge blasts of billowing blue/white smoke and I can feel the engine missing. After I get up to speed, it comes out of it. If I park it for 5 minutes and leave it running and then go to take off again, it will go through this same thing all over again. I will add that I have a heated garage and have left the thermostat on 40 degrees to see if keeping things warm would help while we go through this touch of cooler weather we're having up here in the Northeast corner but it hasn't made any difference. As you can all tell by now, I am NOT mechanically inclined. Thanks in advance for any input.
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