This is the first time the car has ever been apart under the hood according to my records. Whenever I was washing the ductwork for the intake before installing it, I notice there was a considerable amount of oily gooey film on the inside. Changed the plugs and put the car back together. Feel like Im getting nowhere on this one. Additionally, when I drove it back it smoked very little and almost seemed fine whenever I was getting close to home. I only used dishwashing soap and a wash rag to clean. It seems strange to me that this happened right after I washed the engine. Im planning on having a professional take a look at the car. Like I said it didn't strike me as the smell of burning oil, but it was indeed blue looking. I noticed some of them have a smell that strongly resembles the smell of the smoke from the car from earlier. Pulled the plugs and they don't seem too abnormal. I have noticed that my coolant level is considerably lower than I remember it the last time I checked, and if you open the oil filler cap and smell inside the engine, it smells noticeably strongly of gas. Im assuming your talking about the T hose clamp that connects the throttle body coolant hose to the other coolant hoses. Perhaps ill discover something while Ive got it apart I need to replace the spark plugs and pcv valve while Ive got it here. I don't know if there was some sort of system that was not functioning properly due to being wet or what. It seems coincidental that this happened right after I washed the engine bay. Change it every 3000 religiously with Mobil 1 5w30. Ive driven 600 miles since the last change and it is still on the full mark. Ive kept an eye on the oil levels, and have never noticed a considerable drop. I know these cars have issues with oil consumption, and ever since I owned the car, if it sat for a while it would blow out a bit of smoke when cranked. Seems to be running normally, but Im still uneasy after witnessing spectacle amounts of smoke billow out of the back like that. After a few miles that went away as well. Drove it back only to have just a bit of blue smoke come out upon acceleration, but nothing serious. Went back this morning, cranked it up and had a puff of blue smoke out of the exhaust pipes. I hated to do it, but with the car smoking that bad I had a hard time dealing with the idea of driving 20 miles back to my house. Figured it was at least a somewhat ok place to leave it. They had a well lit parking lot with cameras. To be fair I left it at a European auto repair parking lot next to a bunch of Audis and BMWs. Car was running fine before I washed under the hood and replaced the battery. Have 106,510 on the odometer, changed the oil 600 miles ago. Nonetheless I pulled over and left the car in a parking lot until I can get back across town tomorrow during the day and figure out whats wrong, and if I will need to get it towed. It still smokes a little and smells, but nothing as bad as when I first pulled off the road. I cranked the car back up and had a friend follow me down the road. Checked the oil, it is clean and on the full mark. Got out of the car and could not find anything. Im pretty familiar with the smell of burning oil, but this struck me as be something different although I could be wrong. After I got out I noticed a burning smell coming from the car. About half an hour after driving across town I looked in my rearview mirror and notice smoke billowing out from the back of the car. Once again I figured it may just be due to the engine needing to dry out. While driving the car seemed to be a bit down on power and hesitant, but nothing serious. Gave it a little throttle, and it seemed to be ok. After I replaced everything and drove the car, I noticed a few minutes after having it out on the road at the first stop light I came to the cars idle began to fluctuate, I figured it was because the engine was probably still wet, and just needed to dry out. Put a new one in today, however being the detail guy that I am I removed the battery tray, and washed the engine compartment with the battery and tray out also put in a new air filter. My battery finally died on my 04 3.0 MT yesterday.
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