How do you know if your burning oil?
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (peel17)
um, if you check your oil and it's lower than it was at a previous check,
if you are blowing blue smoke out your tailpipe,
oil on your spark plugs,
etc
if you are blowing blue smoke out your tailpipe,
oil on your spark plugs,
etc
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (peel17)
black exhaust smoke ....if u keep adding oil just to keep it at a normal level.... if you just did an oil change and the dipstick is black already....if u have oil dripps when the car is parked u have a leak.....if u smell it burning oil...all of these things are a sign of oil loss or comsumption....
if you have no leak or nothing obvious u may have a problem with ur seals or internals get it compression tested if thats the case
if you have no leak or nothing obvious u may have a problem with ur seals or internals get it compression tested if thats the case
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (GG-SquadDB)
black smoke is not oil, blue smoke is oil, you will also be able to smell it if you are burning a lot. Bring it in and get a compression test, if you have blowby try a set of new rings. Until you can do that, just make sure you are keeping it full on oil.
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (blairgsr)
i puff black smoke when i launch and downshift on the freeway, should i be worried? but it doesnt puff anything when i drive normal
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (AznInvasion)
black smoke is normally fuel, if it's just a lil, I wouldn't be too worried.
what mods and how many miles do each of you have?
what mods and how many miles do each of you have?
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (gsr_to_the_MAX)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsr_to_the_MAX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i puff black smoke when i launch and downshift on the freeway, should i be worried? but it doesnt puff anything when i drive normal</TD></TR></TABLE>
hmm, i wonder what color mine makes when i do that.. you should drive behind me and tell me..
hmm, i wonder what color mine makes when i do that.. you should drive behind me and tell me..
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (Vtecfool)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vtecfool »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
hmm, i wonder what color mine makes when i do that.. you should drive behind me and tell me.. </TD></TR></TABLE>
sorry ill be too far ahead of you
but ill slow down just to check for ya
hmm, i wonder what color mine makes when i do that.. you should drive behind me and tell me.. </TD></TR></TABLE>
sorry ill be too far ahead of you
but ill slow down just to check for ya
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Re: How do you know if your burning oil? (gsr_to_the_MAX)
lol
as a general rule
blue = oil
white = coolant
black = fuel
and for the coolant, it wont just be the lil puffs you get when your car is warming up, it's more than that.
as a general rule
blue = oil
white = coolant
black = fuel
and for the coolant, it wont just be the lil puffs you get when your car is warming up, it's more than that.
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