Smoke... Help please!
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Smoke... Help please! So everytime I take my dip stick out after I drive it smoke always comes out of it. It also comes out of the oil cap. It's leaking a little bit from underneath the car close to the transmission. It's a 2000 Camaro SS M6. Completely stock accept cat back. I go through a half quart of oil every week. I'm getting ready to put a 408 in it anyways real soon but I would still like to know what's wrong. It also has a faint knock that u can barley hear at idle but get louder as you give it more throttle. U can really hear it between 1500-2500. Any help would be appreciated. It's not piston slap because it does it when its warm. Also my engine is not over heating according to the temp gauge. Thanks guys for Ur advice.
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Never checked. That will be the first thing I do tomorrow if my car has enough power to start. My altinator died yesterday and had to get a jump and charge my battery from my friends car... I'm having shitty luck I was on my way to the track and was going to meet another member on here... But if it starts Il see if it can get warm and then Il try to start it again.
Damn, if it is running that badly the service engine soon light should be on. My best guess by the two things I asked if you had checked it a broken ring land on a piston and or bad valve guides. Pull the spark plugs and if you have one or two oily you have located your problem.
So everytime I take my dip stick out after I drive it smoke always comes out of it. It also comes out of the oil cap. It's leaking a little bit from underneath the car close to the transmission. It's a 2000 Camaro SS M6. Completely stock accept cat back. I go through a half quart of oil every week. I'm getting ready to put a 408 in it anyways real soon but I would still like to know what's wrong. It also has a faint knock that u can barley hear at idle but get louder as you give it more throttle. U can really hear it between 1500-2500. Any help would be appreciated. It's not piston slap because it does it when its warm. Also my engine is not over heating according to the temp gauge. Thanks guys for Ur advice.
Classic case of piston ring GM gen III motor problem. Had you owned / known this in 2002 it could have been fixed under warranty like my car was. Known LS1 issue, rings dont seat, let oil pass (blowby), causing excessive oil consumption. That coupled with your rear main seal leak, I can imagine you eat through a crap load of oil. Knock could have developed from having low oil at one point, or something else. too many possibilities.
If you're going 408 don't worry about it, youll be starting over from ground 0.
