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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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Blue smoke!

Umm ya my car wasnt running for a few days so i took off the TPS and then reput it on and now it runs, its hard to start though when its cold takes a while but once i get it going it goes ok but the entire time it had whitish blue smoke coming out the exaust.....just wondering if thats bad or normal. thx

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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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That's oil burning, how many miles on the motor?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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u can smell gas from the smoke pretty bad sometimes. but idk it was before when i drove the 30 minute drive to sac a few weeks ago. it drove fine...but kept buzzing and i was going 80 most the way and when i got there i realized the buzzing was the oil light was on, the guy i bought it from put boost gauge right in front of all the lights that tell u wuts wrong ><
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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its possible that your oil rings are fried. no bueno. how much oil does it burn?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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how would i check that?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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how much do you put in and how offen do you check?
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