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Old 09-02-2009, 05:40 PM
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Guys/Gals, recently my car has been smoking a dark blue smoke. I noticed the car to do this when I am sitting idle like at a drive thru or stop light. I havnt noticed it doing it at all when the car is moving. What can it be? The car has only 48,000 miles on it.
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could be alot of things....Most of these issues were due the cheap GM valve seats in the heads. they actually put out a TSB on it. could also be piston rings, or even a gasket somewhere, causing fluids to leak into the combustion chamber....
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Blue smoke while running usually indicates a broken oil ring, not always though.




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