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Apr 10, 2007 | 10:43 PM

chuy10

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any one know why blueish smoke comes out of my exaust

Apr 10, 2007 | 10:51 PM

96slow6

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Your burning oil.??? Any other symtoms?

Apr 11, 2007 | 08:28 PM

chuy10

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is that bad

Apr 11, 2007 | 09:51 PM

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is that bad

Yes it is.

Apr 11, 2007 | 10:45 PM

chuy10

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it only smokes once in a while like at start what do ihave to do to fix that only have 34,000 mi

Apr 11, 2007 | 11:25 PM

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Your burning oil.???

Is that bad

Yes it is.

Thanks for the chuckle. I should just leave this alone. But in answer to the question, blue smoke at start up usually means that oil has seeped past your piston rings. A condition you should not have with only 34k miles.

Apr 12, 2007 | 11:44 PM

96slow6

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This is very possible but IMO the oil is coming down from the valve seals not up from the rings. But either way its not good.

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Apr 13, 2007 | 08:34 AM

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Chuy, hi, Luke Skywalker.

It might just be your motor burning off the little bit of oil that's settled in your intake overnight. Really depends on how much oil it is.

Apr 13, 2007 | 08:57 AM

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Blue smoke? I thought that was the color tint they put in fuel.

Back on subject.......more then likely just bad valve seals or try changing your PCV valve and see if that helps.PCV valve me be bad and not ventalating pressure like it should.

Apr 13, 2007 | 09:29 AM

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Blue smoke? I thought that was the color tint they put in fuel.

I remember reading a few years ago about fuel additives that you can buy to tint the exhaust and even change its scent......

I just picture some dumb teens sitting in a garage inhaling their car's exhaust and getting killed by it.

Sorry for the

Apr 13, 2007 | 10:20 AM

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I would start off by checking the pcv valve first, its the cheapest solution anyway.

Apr 13, 2007 | 11:30 AM

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Does it do it on every start up? Bought mine new back in 2002 and every now and again she throws some blue smoke on start up, its not very often. I currently have 26,000 miles. If it does it all of the time its probably not a bad idea to look into to it a little deeper.