The car smokes sometimes just when you accelerate from a stop. It is obvious it is burning oil. it only does this at about the first 2 stop lights, after that it seems okay.

I have good compression across all cylinders.

I do have a slight valve cover leak, oil does show on the exhaust manifold from the valve cover leak. i have no idea if this is related or if it could be. one of my theories is that oil is pooling where the manifold meets the head and seeps in at just the right temperature. and it come out the tail pipe... and once the car is truly warmed up the exhaust mani is sealed better... but that is a long shot... i don't hear any exhaust leak at all....

 

if you know you have a leak, then fix it.....

 

yea fix the problems you know you have than start knocking things off your list to find the ones your not to sure of

 

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I do all the time

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he^ said

what

 

i got the same problem too.. i park my car in the garage and let it run..and see wuts the problem..i found out that my valve cover gasket was leaking and dripping down the headers and thats why it was smoking when i drive around..so if i were you, just park and let it run for awhile..

 

I had a much worse leak,, then i added some blue rtv silicone permatex to the old gasket... and it is all most gone... if i buy a new gasket, should i use permatex with that as well? or just the clean new gasket?

 

mine smoked today as flames ingulfed my car.. its ....gone...all gone x10^8

 

ouch.

 

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sorry to hear that man