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Hi all, just got a 2002 Sirion 998cc. Great little car. I have just done the head gasket, head skimmed, full service and replaced all the belts.
Drove about 90 miles perfectly and now when I start it there is a plume of white smoke out the exhaust. When I accellerate it is black/grey.
The smoke is continuous from starting the car to when warm but does let up a bit when warm. I am susspecting the rings are gone but someone mentioned the PVC valve?
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Darren
Colours.
White = water
Black = fuel
Blue = oil burn.
The Colour Of Smoke
Interesting comments regardingthe colour of smoke. The thing about clapped rings is that you do seem to get a whitish cloud of smoke which goes to blue and back to white. There is a German post on You Tube of a YRV which has clapped rings and you can see the white smoke along with the blue on that video. It seems that pooped rings are common on these cars.