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Re: Good news and bad news..... Posted by CMyles [Email] (#1126) [Profile/Gallery] (more from CMyles) on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:02:39 In Reply to: Re: Good news and bad news....., pjkbrit, Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:08:35 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Amelia,
If this is blue/white oil smoke coming from a turbo it will billow when the turbo is engaged (check the rear view mirror while boosting). If it only is evident on starting after the car sits for a while then it is most likely bad valve seals. The rings and cylinders in these engines wear very little even with very high mileage. Valve seals can be replaced pretty easily and they're cheap. A tiny amount of oil will produce a huge volume of blue/white smoke by the way. These engines break oil down quickly and perform poorly with spent oil. Damage is possible, mostly to the turbo and top end, if oil changes are neglected. You'll get better gas mileage with fresh oil so it kind of pays off in that way too. Also, you can put any grade of gasoline in these cars but for real performance run high octane. I find that I get better gas mileage with it and as a result probably don't spend any more than if I was running that cheap crap and getting poor mileage. Black smoke indicates an overly rich fuel mixture and that can be an injection system problem. Cheers
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