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Old 01-30-2010, 04:20 PM
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oka in the morning ill come out to start my car and it will burn oil for a few minutes, but then it will stop, when i drive it does not smoke, but if i get on it or go past 90ish it burns oil again, this would be valve seals correct? its a d16zc sohc vtec
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Well, is it cold outside?
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yeah but if i remember it did it while it was warm out
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If it does it while its warm, valve stem seals is the most likely problem. Could be rings too, I suppose.
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well, i guess ill find out when i get my vitara pisons and rods i guess huh lol
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Valve stem seals. When car sits overnight oil drips down and has to burn off at startup.
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