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·My lovely, 'new' Boxer
My lovely, 'new' Boxer may have a problem. I went to the UK Ferrari Owners Club annual national meeting at the weekend and a few of us drove up in convoy. Two people said to me that the Boxer was smoking out of the left exhaust (right bank) but that this was very intermitent. We were driving at around 80mph (3k in 5th) and they said that every now and again there was a cloud of white smoke from the exhaust which lasted for 4-5 seconds (and looked pretty terminal in their opinion), something I never even saw and I was watching the mirror very closely.
I checked the oil level - the oil has just been changed and 12 litres of Castrol GTX 20-50 added - and when I check this cold it is exactly on MAX on the dipstick, when the oil is hot it is about 1/4 or maybe 1/2 inch above the MAX level.
Any suggestions? I feel that I might need to drain out around 3-litres of oil ansd run the car at just above the MIN level. The user manual says that the difference between MIN and MAX is 3-litres. I can't understand though why the smoking should come and go like it does.
My lovely, 'new' Boxer may have a problem. I went to the UK Ferrari Owners Club annual national meeting at the weekend and a few of us drove up in convoy. Two people said to me that the Boxer was smoking out of the left exhaust (right bank) but that this was very intermitent. We were driving at around 80mph (3k in 5th) and they said that every now and again there was a cloud of white smoke from the exhaust which lasted for 4-5 seconds (and looked pretty terminal in their opinion), something I never even saw and I was watching the mirror very closely.
I checked the oil level - the oil has just been changed and 12 litres of Castrol GTX 20-50 added - and when I check this cold it is exactly on MAX on the dipstick, when the oil is hot it is about 1/4 or maybe 1/2 inch above the MAX level.
Any suggestions? I feel that I might need to drain out around 3-litres of oil ansd run the car at just above the MIN level. The user manual says that the difference between MIN and MAX is 3-litres. I can't understand though why the smoking should come and go like it does.