u/RATBOYE

Prevent excessive smoke after long term storage first start?

Have an older car that has been parked up for about a year. I'm going to tip some fresh fuel in an fire her up, but the last time I did this after having it sit for a while it produced a tremendous amount of smoke and totally smoked out my garage. Had to air the house out to get rid of the smell.

I'm assuming this is caused by oil leaking down into the cylinders over time then burning. If I disable spark and fuel and spin it over on the starter to clear all cylinders will I avoid the worst of the big smoke?

(I would just push it outside but my driveway is on a slope and if it doesn't start then I'm a bit stuck out there.)

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u/RATBOYE — 9 hours ago

Is anyone running a Gigabyte 9070 XT Gaming OC in the Okinos Cypress 3? Concerned about heat management.

I'm planning on building a nice, grunty gaming rig for 1440p and some 4k gaming and I have my eyes set on the Okinos Cypress 3 (absolutely love mATX mini towers and the aesthetics of that one in particular).

I haven't built a PC in years and usually was too broke to afford good performance. My setup is looking like

-Gigabyte B850M Aorus Elite Wifi6e

-9800X3D

-64gb DDR5 RAM

-Gigabyte 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB

-2tb SSD, still undecided

- Corsair RM850x PSU

-Thermalright Phantom Spirit Evo 120 CPU cooler

-6x Phanteks M25 G2 fans (3 intake, 1 rear exhaust, 2 top exhaust, fan curves modified for positive pressure)

Anyone running a similar setup in this case? My main concern is just that it'll run too hot with that GPU crammed in there but I love the idea of little computers and a more challenging build.

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u/RATBOYE — 2 months ago