Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: Tinton on December 24, 2008, 04:07:46 am
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I think a friend of mine spoke with Don about this, but I want a second opinion or two. With my '86 Fiero SE V6, when I rev the engine it sprays oil onto the catalytic converter. Yeah, that's how Fieros usually caught on fire back in the day :o . The cat's empty though so it doesn't get that hot and it usually just smokes because the cat gets a good coating of oil from when the car starts, instead of a rod breaking and oil suddenly hitting a hot, working cat. I got the car's "emission test" with it smoking like that though and I drove it back to my Dad's just fine (carrying 2 extinguishers in the car), but I need to get it fixed. Any idea on what's leaking, before I get under the car to see? Also, my Dad lives only a couple miles from Don so I guess I need to bring the car by sometime to have him look at it, and maybe install a 3.4 8).
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Sounds like a hole in the oil pressure tube.
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Or the gasket from the old oil filter is still there, along with the new filter. Best thing to do is raise and support the car, get under it and have someone rev the engine.