Found Out Why My Car Was Blowing Out Heeps Of White Smoke

[Matthew Black]

Found out why my car was blowing out heeps of white smoke

its a r32 with a rb25det

every now and again randomly the car would decide to blow out the back extream amouts of smoke like a bush fire behind the car then come good shortly after like it had never happend

one weekend I went to go for a drive and 10-20 second after starting the car it was smoking like above^

just befor this i toped up the break fluid like i did every now and again because it looked to have a small leak from the master and I was too slack to fix it.

anyway after doing some detective work on the engine thinking it was the turbo or valvestems or head gasket or posibly bottom end i found it to be burning break fluid that it had sucked into the engine via the master/break booster some how and making its way into 3-4-5-6

I have never heard or seen anything like this befor so just seeing if this has happend befor to anyone. because it could have lead to full motor teardown for no reson

[GTSBoy]

Yuh, hydraulic fluid from brakes or auto trans has sucked a few people in over the years.

[Matthew Black]

that spun me out

biggest clue was the smoke dident smell like burning oil just looked like it

[Blackkers]

So what was broken? There's a one way valve from factory in the brake booster line, I think GTRs are the only other model with a clutch booster

[jiffo]

Yes, doesn't smell right and would have caught out a few.

Cars are getting on, 25 years service is a big ask and owners would be advised to think about replacing vital items like brake boosters, hydraulic hoses etc.

The metal style can be serviced, not so the more modern plastic stuff.

Another one is the fuel reg.

When the old diaphragm starts to leak, all sorts of dreadful fuel economy and general running issues.

[Matthew Black]

So what was broken? There's a one way valve from factory in the brake booster line, I think GTRs are the only other model with a clutch booster

i think the break fluid ate it way into the diafram in the booster maybe