Ok my fellow DSMer`s, I`m looking for some help. I recently(about 3 months ago) bought a 1995 Eclipse GS-T. The car had minor problems when I bought it, for example, it was running on 2 1/2 cylanders due to bad plug wires, smoke, boost leak, ect. Anyhow, I lost my license and I can`t drive the car, so I decided to buy it and fix it up some. I know this is a lot to read, so please bare with me. =]

Well, the battery died due to me not starting the car every so often. So, Monday night I got my friend to jump start my car, (after getting new plugs and wires, which eliminated the 2 1/2 cylander problem), and the car started with really no problem at all. There was smoke, but it wasn`t a lot.

After about 10 minutes, we decided to disconnect the cables and let my car run and charge the battery a lil. Well, a few minutes later, the car boggs down from about 1,200 RPM`s to 200 RPM`s almost instantly. I decided that because I didnt know what this was I would shut the car off. My friend, who was standing at the front of the car, said he saw smoke from the engine bay. I dont know what this was, but it is something I need help figuring out.

Then tonight, we decided to jump start the car once again. The car started up with no problems at all, and I removed the cables about 2 minutes after the car was started. After I let the car run for about 10 minutes with no problem at all, I decided to take the car around the block one time to see how the car would react. I kept the car at about 15mph and everything was doing fine, no smoke, knocking, bogging, ect. When I was on my way back to the house, I accelerated to about 25mph and as I did, my friend, who was driving behind me, told me there was a trail of smoke from my exhaust. He said it wasn`t heavy, but there was still smoke there that wasn`t there before. After I got it back to the house, I let it sit running in neutral. After about 3 minutes, there was a noise in the engine bay, the RPM`s shot down again, and smoke came out from what looked like under the cam gears. It was kinda dark outside so Im not too sure.

I am unaware of what this is, but Im wondering if anyone has a clue? Also, while the car was running in neutral, there was a slight noise coming from the engine bay that sounded like air escaping from a hose or something. The wierd thing is that you could only hear it every 5 seconds or so. Any help would be appreciated.