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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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So what does it mean when...

You drive your car hard and redline it too much,
and then now it barely stays started and nothing but black smoke comes out of you muffler?
 
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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Is it your car? My suggestion buy a new one.....
 
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunmetal35
Is it your car? My suggestion buy a new one.....
 
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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driving a car hard is perfectly fine as long as you maintain it to be driven hard and are willing to accept the costs.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike@RiversideInfiniti
driving a car hard is perfectly fine as long as you maintain it to be driven hard and are willing to accept the costs.
What kind of maintaince is recommend at 65k miles?
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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Do a compression test to see if you have blow cylinder
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 04:25 AM
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are you kidding me x_x

I mean how long did you red line your car for...

One time I kept it redlined for about 5 seconds because it was really loud (music) and I didn't notice... I thought that would've broke something...
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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well, good thing is its black smoke, which is usually the best type of smoke to get(not saying its good, its just the best off any of them usually). If it was blue or white smoke then I would definantly be alarmed. The most common cause of black smoke is a fuel related problem. Since we have EFI motors its probably a leaky injector. In any case get it checked and keep us informed!

*EDIT* one thing I forgot to mention, check the condition of your oil under the filler cap and on the dipstick. If it looks different than normal used oil dont start your car, and by different I mean it looks like chocolate milk or you can see bubbles of some other liquid.
 

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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by armt350
well, good thing is its black smoke, which is usually the best type of smoke to get(not saying its good, its just the best off any of them usually). If it was blue or white smoke then I would definantly be alarmed. The most common cause of black smoke is a fuel related problem. Since we have EFI motors its probably a leaky injector. In any case get it checked and keep us informed!

*EDIT* one thing I forgot to mention, check the condition of your oil under the filler cap and on the dipstick. If it looks different than normal used oil dont start your car, and by different I mean it looks like chocolate milk or you can see bubbles of some other liquid.
Thank you very much.
 
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