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  1. 18th May 2016, 09:55 AM #1
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    Picked up the car yesterday driving back from London got past Blackpool and started getting bad smell of fuel and white smoke then when put foot down turns into black smoke any advice would be great

    Supercharger kicks in and pulls just this smell and smoke issue
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  2. 18th May 2016, 10:28 AM #2
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    Could be a whole load of things but white smoke I'd take a wild guess at piston rings I'm sure someone who knows more about the R53 will be along shortly. Might be worth while calling B&M Centre (they're a NMS sponsor)

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  3. 18th May 2016, 10:56 AM #3
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    Possibly an oil seal somewhere.

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  4. 18th May 2016, 12:39 PM #4
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    That's what I was thinking oil seals other than this loving it great wee car smiles all the way home even with the smoking
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  5. 18th May 2016, 12:57 PM #5
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    As Eddie has suggested, worth giving B&M a call
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  6. 18th May 2016, 05:03 PM #6
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    Did you check the oil levels on it to make sure there was enough or wasn't too much oil in it ?


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  7. 18th May 2016, 05:22 PM #7
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    Yeah checked that also today when going round left turns the oil light flickers a few times
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  8. 18th May 2016, 08:04 PM #8
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    You should really stop driving it, normally if the oil light comes on its already doing damage.

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  9. 18th May 2016, 08:19 PM #9
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    I would say so too Eddie. It's clearly got an issue and it's good that you've managed to get it home but protect what you have at the moment and get everything checked.


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  10. 18th May 2016, 09:01 PM #10
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    Yeah I'm not driving it anymore until I find out what's going on with it just wanted to get home and sleep now I have done both I'm going to investigate and find out what's happening with the car
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