Hi all , my Z has not left the driveway for about 2 months now. This morning I thought I would start it up and let it run for a while to charge up the battery and lube everything up. This led me to discover two things of slight concern that I would like opinions on. 1: On start up my right and left exhaust produced a quantity of whiteish smoke which gradually stopped on the left side but remained a bit longer on the right side.Definately improved as the engine warmed.Is there reason for concern? the car did wind over for some time priming fuel before it fired and sounded a little flooded/rich for want of a better word once it fired. 2: After leaving it idling for a little while I noticed a loudish ticking coming from under the bonnet.opened hood and gave engine a rev and tick goes away,once back on idle for a while tick returns.Suspected oil not getting to valve train at idle in sufficent amount??.Only just recently changed oil to a 15-50shell helix fully systhetic , not sure what used to be in it.Or maybe something has become sticky by sitting for a couple of months?. Feedback appreciated
Agree ticking is the lifters. The smoke or vapor, should clear after driving for a wile. If it dose not clear, check the 02's. Not a problem imo.
I would recommend a complete flush of your oil as you stated it had not been run for 2 months...the first time my car overheated it ticked from having to much oil around the Lifters, once the flush has been done load her up with castrol magnatec and a new oil filter and that should fix it....i have only used magnatec and never had a problem lubracation wise....
lifter 'tick' is 100% normal after 2 months of inactivity. It will quiet down with some use. Exhaust smoke sounds normal again for such a long period of inactivity. Best advice = drive it more often!
Thanks for the replies , seems harmeless. I really should take it for a spin down the coast soon and blow the cobwebs out.
Yes it does sound hamless, even mine sounds like this when I dont drive it for 2 weeks. Now that im driving it everyday theres no more ticking sound and smokes back to normal levels.
yeh my Z wont be driven for a month poor baby ill be expecting a few ticking sounds and smoke when i start driving again
