Black smoke......
So I flew to Adelaide, picked up my MPS yesterday and drove back right away to Melbourne.
Wasnt as bad as I thought, 8 hours or so with a couple of breaks, was 37 over there so a nice evening for a long drive.
I said to the guy when I picked it up (after already paying it for so the car was mine) is there ANYTHING at all wrong with it so I know what to get fixed first. He says no.
1 1/2 hours into the drive I stop at Tailem Bend to get fuel, notice that the left side where the bumper joins the car is poking out a bit, theres no clips there. First thing needing fixing.
Then while driving I put my arm on the arm rest and it is loose and wobbly. Next thing needing fixing.
A couple of hours later I approach a car and as I change from 6th to 5th, overtake him from 100-115 and notice quite a big puff of black smokes in my rear view mirror. This concerned me a little. I also noticed both exhaust tips had a ring of black around them, I assumed oil. IS it just that the car is running rich or worse? Turbo problems??
When I pulled up at the next town I checked the oil (I am by far not mechanically minded when it comes to cars) and it seemed to be quite over maximum on the stick, meaning there was too much in there maybe (this was just after I had turned off the car too so some of the oil was still in the engine).
The longer I drove I noticed the car sounded like a truck. Not really badly like I have heard before in other cars, but just a little bit.
Also noticed a whirring sound from the wheels (maybe the bearings?).
Anyway I got her home about 1am. Getting a roadworthy Monday then a full service and check up Tuesday.
I intend to mod the car quite a bit so fingers crossed anything that is wrong is something I was going to change anyway!
Anyway I got it for a great price, only has 78,000km (plus the 1000km last night!) so am still happy with the purchase, so far......
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Originally Posted by slixx
