Today, I was doing a little spirited canyon driving and noticed that on hard right-handers, I would see a large cloud of white smoke behind my car. I've heard that some people have noticed smoke on auto-x and road courses. Any thoughts on possible causes? Do I need to get anything checked out, or is this normal?

 

burnin' a little rubber maybe?

 

nothing to worry about...just oil going somewhere it shouldn't, then getting burnt...(that was the techical version......).

Mine did it at the track, and a bunch of others...... i think mine only did it with the break in oil though...i don't remember.

 

wouldn't that mean blueish smoke? If it was coming from the exhaust...white smoke indicates coolant if i am not mistaken...then again...when looking in your rear view mirror, white ~= blueish smoke.

 

hard right handers, it's blue/white smoke of oil burning. A very common occurance when driven hard. Usually means you're pulling pretty good G's to make it happen

 

I can't confirm any bluish tint to the smoke, but I'll take your word for it. I guess I'll double check the oil level in the morning. Thanks, guys.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by krazik
[B]hard right handers, it's blue/white smoke of oil burning.

 

if you have white smoke coming out of the tail pipes... your car might be running too lean..

 

FYI, I'm 100% stock.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lehighwiz
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what is happening when cornering that causes oil to burn?