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Old Jan 2, 2002 | 05:00 PM
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FD garaged...blows blue smoke

When I start it now that its cold, it blows a little blue smoke for about 4 seconds or so then it goes back to normal. I start the car every weekend and run it until normal operating temp. Anyone know why it blows the smoke upon start up? Should I be concerned about it. I met another person with the same problem at about 60-65k miles.
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Old Jan 2, 2002 | 05:01 PM
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it's normal
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Old Jan 2, 2002 | 05:06 PM
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at least 50% of all rotaries do that - it is because the layout of the engine allows small amounts oil from the rotor to drain into and collect in the combustion/exhaust area (bottom) of the housing when not running and it then burns off during startup. unless the smoking continues for more than a minute after startup I wouldn't worry about it.
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