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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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I searched the forums couldnt find anything, anyway i got an 04 ram 1500 hemi with 77k on it, i got into to after work and drove not too heavy on the peddle but good enough, when i stopped it seemed to sputter a bit but rpm didnt move much, stepped on the gas seemed to hesitate a bit but ran fine after a few seconds. When i got to the highway i gunned it mostly for fun but also to just open it up, when i looked back i saw a noticable cloud of smoke, looked kind of greyish but couldnt really tell, it did it again when i floored it about a quarter mile up. I dont think im loosing any antifreeze goin to check the oil out in the morning, but i just did a change a month ago and no water/milkyness to the oil, i use mobile 1 HP. The only code i have is the evap leak, which im just being lazy on to fix. Any suggestions?
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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mine puts a little bit of smoke out on WOT, im pretty sure its normal unless it looks like a smoke bomb back there
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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it kinda looked like a lot, kinda of like your breathe in the winter best way i can describe it, was about 100 feet of WOT when i looked back and saw it kinda scared me a bit so i let off the throttle. Ive seen a lil smoke when i went WOT in the past on this truck and my 03 dak 4.7 but not this much.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 11:36 PM
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hmm you said white smoke? if its white, some oil is burning somewhere....compression test?
 
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 12:05 AM
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did you let it warm up before you were givin'er, could be unburned fuel but not sure
 
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 12:16 AM
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It's not uncommon for veice to coug up som smok when yu romp on it. It's likely excess carbon build-up inside the combustion chamber or from oil being sucked backtrough your pvc and going down or intake.
I pulled my TB off at 8kmi and the backside of the butterfly plate was all gunked up.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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Wasn't warmed up maybe five min from when I started it. It does use oil already brought it to a dealer once said that the oil consumption was in normal range. I was planning on have a full look over done on it since my warranty is almost up might as well get the compression test done.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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As said before, either oil getting past the rings and being burned and expelled or fuel not being burn off
 
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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yeah the dodge tech when i brought it in said 1qt per 3000 miles is acceptable. i still want to get the compression test done. I just got nervous never seen it smoke that much before, and i drive my truck hard
 
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