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Old 06-29-2012, 01:25 PM   #4
Overdrive
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My car hasn't been doing much smoking lately, and I've yet to notice any smoke on startups at the three autocrosses I've been to so far. I have never shut the car off right after running the course, though. Nevermind that it's been considerably hot the last two events, but I run the A/C after running the course to force the radiator fans to kick in, and let the car idle for maybe 5 minutes before killing the A/C, then give it another minute to let it shut the fans down, and wait out the intake fan on the right if it happens to be on.

Where I've parked the last few times is a slightly forward sloped section, so my unlevel state can't be helped, and I'll admit that I'm not actively looking for smoke on my startups, but if I'm not outside of the car I'm usually already strapped in and backing out of the spot, so I'd notice if I had any startup smoke through the back window.
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