Post by: TH3_L0STRALIAN on February 06, 2016, 13:31:21
we had a similar thing to the OP happen to us today in our 2013 i30
i put my foot down, look behind and there is a huge, i mean huge, cloud of thick grey/white smoke. pull over immediately and smell the smoke which reaks of burned plastic. leave the car running for a few minutes and the smoke is still coming out but nowhere near as thick. let the car cool down a bit and drove off, once the car warmed up a bit more and i put the foot down again it returned but not as bad. while i gave the car a couple of good revs we found liquid was coming out of the exhaust pipe. temperatures were fine, coolant didnt have oil in it, oil did smell like ULP and was a little bit overfilled from last service which was 3 weeks ago. the car is being sent back to the dealership monday
the part i cant explain is the burned plastic smell of the initial smoke cloud
Post by: TH3_L0STRALIAN on February 06, 2016, 13:40:16
Post by: Dazzler on February 06, 2016, 20:51:01
Maybe something is overheating and melting something plastic, but what??
Post by: TH3_L0STRALIAN on February 06, 2016, 22:41:27
is it possible that the contaminated fuel has stripped the lubricating properties, maybe scoured up an injector head which has broken off, gone past the valves and burnt up in the combustion chamber?
<--- insert crazy theories here people
Post by: Phil №❶ on February 07, 2016, 06:40:19
Post by: TH3_L0STRALIAN on February 07, 2016, 06:51:16
i noticed that the hot oil smelt alot like unleaded. ive never noticed this before on other cars but it is this not unusual?
Post by: Phil №❶ on February 07, 2016, 07:10:54
Post by: Dazzler on February 07, 2016, 10:48:32
thanks for having me. im thinking hyundai wont find anything wrong, they will put it dont to bad fuel. before i drove it yesterday, my mum let the tank get really empty, <20kms on the display so roughly 1.5 litres, im thinking water to fuel ratio in the contaminated fuel would be more.
is it possible that the contaminated fuel has stripped the lubricating properties, maybe scoured up an injector head which has broken off, gone past the valves and burnt up in the combustion chamber?
<--- insert crazy theories here people
That's pretty crazy without our help. I think the engine would have completely sh*t itself if that happened! :eek:
Post by: TH3_L0STRALIAN on February 08, 2016, 07:07:25
at this stage, without looking over the car or hearing anything from mum i would assume..
the problem was bad fuel from MOGAS at Adelaide airport and having the tank low too may have caused more water to reside in the lines under low pressure. since i put the foot to the floor it must have charged the lines and collected all residual water.
still cant figure out the burnt plastic smell. maybe we will never know.
ill keep everyone informed of any updates
thanks for having me guys
Post by: Dazzler on February 08, 2016, 07:49:20
Post by: kblake on March 23, 2016, 09:08:23
This has happened to me twice as well over a period of 12 months or so, both times when I really floored it but the smoke disappeared after 30 seconds or so..
Not mechanical here so I just thought it was ?? a build up of something lol..... that got blown out in the heavy acceleration, oil or something lol... (told ya very technical)
Apart from that the car is perfect..
Keith
Post by: Dazzler on March 23, 2016, 09:13:57
:Shocked: Hope you had warmed her up first!
Post by: Phil №❶ on March 23, 2016, 09:27:01
Post by: kblake on April 01, 2016, 13:50:17
Post by: kblake on April 01, 2016, 13:51:58
Probably ok, but if it's not typical of your driving style there may be residual oil cleared out by increased oil pump pressure.
Thats what I reckon... lol Only times it happened was when I REALLY floored it. Apart from those 2 times (in 2 1/2 years) no problems whatsoever...
Post by: elantraelite on April 01, 2016, 22:05:37
Depends on your driving style, these aren't supposed to be race cars getting redlined in every gear
Post by: ibrokeit on April 02, 2016, 06:37:52
Depends on your driving style, these aren't supposed to be race cars getting redlined in every gear
Sh*t!!! NOW you tell me :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Phil №❶ on April 02, 2016, 09:30:29
Post by: elantraelite on April 02, 2016, 10:58:03
I've met some pretty dumb people that expect an economy car to be a race carDepends on your driving style, these aren't supposed to be race cars getting redlined in every gear
Sh*t!!! NOW you tell me :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: ibrokeit on April 02, 2016, 13:26:25
I've met some pretty dumb people that expect an economy car to be a race car
Sadly I know exactly what you mean.
Post by: elantraelite on April 17, 2016, 10:49:36
There was smoke everywhere!
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Post by: Phil №❶ on April 17, 2016, 13:26:13
Post by: elantraelite on April 18, 2016, 12:31:36
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Post by: elantraelite on April 18, 2016, 13:48:28
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