GT3Bang

I have just got this 997.1 GT3 with 45000 miles - This is too much blue smoke, right?

Facts:

The car is shut off after 2 minutes of idle and is sitting on a level floor
Does this every time it has been sitting overnight.
Only smoke on start up and stops smoking after 5-10 seconds
Have no ide of oil consumption
The smoke is blue and smells like burned oil.
Can´t ask previous owner

What do you think ?

video of start up:
https://*******/hsR3

Thanks: JB

The Greek

The smoke comes here and there, but yes it is that amount. Nothing too extreme....

I actually love it. Civilians freak out and start running....

RAudi Driver

The beginning looks pretty normal to me. Does it keep smoking as your video was too short to see when the smoke subsided?

GT3Bang

The smoke stops 2-5 sek after the video stops. Then no smoke at all.

Thanks for the replies

JB

sixtosune

Yep, looks pretty normal to me

"I Love the smell of Mezger Napalm in the morning"

heheheh

beetleything

Pretty funny ....you'd have the tree huggers up here freaking out!

Reid55

Good lord. I don't have a gt3 but that does not look normal to me. My gt2 does not smoke at all.

dantzig

Does it smoke like that if you have taken the car for a long drive (say 20-30 minutes) then put it away overnight? I think that it may be that the two minute run doesn't give everything time to expand to full operating shape. Mine will only smoke like that if I do a short run like you described.

Jon

NAM VET

both our prior 997S and now '07 GT3 will smoke upon start up, esp if the car was cold, started, run a few seconds and shut down, or shut off immediately after a hard hot run. Or sat without running for a period of time. Something about oil seeping past the rings and accumulating in the cylinders, and then burned off at ignition. Sometimes it is quite impressive. But it quickly resolves in a few seconds. I just think it is a characteristic of these engines

all the best...

sixtosune

Indeed it is.

I'd be worried if mine DIDN'T smoke.

Spyerx

you got a real gt3

Mine rarely smokes but when it does it sets off the smoke alarm in the garage.

surlynkid

Mine kills all the Mosquitos with a huge plume but it is hit or miss as to when it decides to do it. Welcome to Mezger.

Texas RS

Mine does not smoke at all, but I only drive it easy and on weekends;-)

Aquary

Sounds just like mine. Drives me nuts... but I try to take comfort in knowing it's "normal"...

Ur20v

read the hundreds of posts on here about the very same issue- same result- all normal!