{"id":36356,"date":"2016-09-28T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=36356"},"modified":"2016-09-28T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:38:07","slug":"2007-bmw-335i-v6-twin-turbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/09\/2007-bmw-335i-v6-twin-turbo","title":{"rendered":"2007 BMW 335i V6 twin turbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36556\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2007-bmw-335i.jpg\" alt=\"2007 BMW 335i\" width=\"599\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2007-bmw-335i.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2007-bmw-335i-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/>When you look at the back of the car, the right tailpipe looks much more carbonated(black) than the left side. Also when I first start the car it makes a very slight clinking noise that only lasts for about half a second. Than smoke comes out of the right tailpipe and not out of the left one. The idling is not smooth at that point and something just doesn&#8217;t feel right.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like you have an engine performance issue for sure. When is the last time you had a tune up? If the check engine light is on that means a code is stored that will help diagnose the engine related issue.<\/p>\n<p>May be an <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/engine-misfire.html\">engine misfire<\/a> causing your idle to not be smooth. A rich or lean condition may also be a factor. Extracting any <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/diagnostictroblecodes.html\">diagnostic trouble codes<\/a> would be the best place to start.<\/p>\n<p>Dark Smoke from the tail pipe would indicate not all fuel is being burned. If the smoke is white, this would indicate coolant being burned.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/blown-head-gasket.html\">Blown Head Gasket Symptoms<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you look at the back of the car, the right tailpipe looks much more carbonated(black) than the left side. Also when I first start the car it makes a very slight clinking noise that only lasts for about half a second. Than smoke comes out of the right tailpipe and not out of the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/09\/2007-bmw-335i-v6-twin-turbo\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2007 BMW 335i V6 twin turbo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,156],"tags":[10949,10948],"class_list":["post-36356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-bmw","tag-335i","tag-bmw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}