Smoking Legend!

[cangreylegend]

My 1989 Legend has close to 180,000 miles on it. A year ago it was auto-rxed, Up here in Toronto, I have to get the car smog tested every two years. Two years ago it passed with no problems. This year it failed on the first test, then I cleaned the FI injectors using some cleaner, and then filled the tank with Sunoco Ultra94 and it subsequently passed. I noticed that in both instances during the test, the car smoked quite a bit. It never did this before. It was definitely burning some oil.

If I rev the engine with no load, no smoke will appear out of the tailpipe at all. It seems that only under the simulated load it does this.

The background to this is that the car sat idle for qbout 5 weeks while I was away. Before leaving I changed the oil ( Pennzoil 5w30). Could it be that one of the rings got stuck and then started burning the oil? Should I ARX again to see if it helps.

 

[cangreylegend]

Smoke is blue and PCV was checked only a month or so previous.

 

[uconn1150]

Try an A-Rx maintenance dose; I'm having a similar problem. It's smoking a bit more with the A-Rx, but I recall it gets worse before it gets better.

 

[Gary Allan]

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Two years ago it passed with no problems. This year it failed on the first test, then I cleaned the FI injectors using some cleaner, and then filled the tank with Sunoco Ultra94 and it subsequently passed.

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This kinda shows that the emissions test and the smoking are not related. Or rather it strongly suggests that the smoking does not impact the emissions test. I have an OBDI 3.0 in my Caravan. It does the dyno sniffer test here in my county. I fogged like a bug killer (pre A-rx) and passed every time with advanced mileage (30k of which was at fogger status)

 

[brianl703]

Some places won't pass a vehicle that emits visible smoke, regardless of what the emissions test readings are. I suppose that means it IS possible for a smoking vehicle to get emissions test readings that pass..

 

[robbobster]

Smoking Legend...Legendary Smoker.
Sorry, your thread title made me laugh

 

[cousincletus]

^^^I liked the "dopevan" scene and the sniffing dog. The dog detected emissions from the van.

 

[Amkeer]

 

[Tosh]

My former Acura mechanic said eventually the valve guides wear out, and Hondas start smoking. A valve job is the fix. You could live with it and keep an eye on oil consumption.

 

[wavinwayne]

Have you ever changed the pcv valve?

 

[tom slick]

what color is the smoke? black, blue, or white?

 

[cangreylegend]

I wonder if that High Mileage stuff works?

 

[brianl703]

Auto-RX will probably help.

 

[AcuraTech]

First generation Legend motors start to loosen up a little bit when they get into the higher mileage. You may want to try Auto-Rx and see if it helps, otherwise you will just have to live with it.