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White smoke is usually actually steam and an indicator of burning water. Keep an eye on your coolant level and see if it is loosing coolant. Also, you can pull the spark plugs on a completely cooled engine and look for small droplets of water on the electrode or a cylinder leakdown test can pinpoint what cylinder(s) has the issue.
It can be fixed without removing the engine. What car is it? cause it depends if its fwd or rwd, the fwd usually need the exhaust removed before removing the oil pan
well after you turn it off unscrew the oil cap and look to see if the lifters are freshly wet plus my 96 850 turbo burns oil like crazy, i check it every saturday and always need to add at least half quart depending on how much i drove you would be surprised. so it might be low its not a bad thing for them to burn oil as long as you keep it full, i use valvoline high milege 10-30 oil all year. if its full and oiled then it may be a faulty reading
Smoke oil? For what your thinking that is oil? Smoke coming from the
tailpipe is not good news, but does not necessarily mean the engine
needs rebuilding. First, you need to determine what color of smoke is
coming from the tailpipe * White smoke is caused by water and or antifreeze entering the cylinder, and the engine trying to burn it with the fuel. The white smoke is steam. There are special gaskets (head gaskets are the primary gaskets) that keep the antifreeze from entering the cylinder area. * Blue smoke is caused by engine oil entering the cylinder area and being burned along with the fuel air mixture. As with the white smoke, just a small drop of oil leaking into the cylinder can produce blue smoke out the tailpipe. * Black smoke is caused by excess fuel that has entered the cylinder area and cannot be burned completely. Another term for excess fuel is "running rich." Poor fuel mileage is also a common complaint when black smoke comes out of the tailpipe. Black smoke out the tailpipe is the least cause for alarm.
If you confirm us that is oil smoke, check and keep in mind that the car has many seals, gaskets, and
O-rings that are designed to keep the engine oil from entering the
cylinder, and one of them has failed. If too much oil leaks into the
cylinder and fouls the spark plug, it will cause a misfire (engine miss)
in that cylinder, and the spark plug will have to be replaced or cleaned
of the oil. Using thicker weight engine oil or an oil additive designed
to reduce oil leaks might help reduce the amount of oil leaking into the
cylinder.
the northstar engines burn incredible amounts of oil....your owners manual will explain.....'oil consumption'....but the reality is keep checking it...the 'idiot light comes on...or info center...low oil when it is 2 quarts down....another of GM follies...i have a northstar Caddy too.....
It sounds like your engine is burning engine oil. Depending how severe this problem may be , keep checking your oil level often. You may want to try an additive called ``NO SMOKE`` by Bardhall. It`s the only additive that actually works and the only additive I would suggest to buy. I don`t have confidence on many additives sold on shelves but I`ve used it and seen it work.
WIth that many miles, the most likely thing is that the rings are worn and oil is getting into the cylinders and being burned with the gas. If you're getting a bit of blue or grey smoke when you crank it up after being left overnight then it's absolutely this.
There's really nothing to be done about it short of rebuilding the engine but if it's otherwise running good I'd just be careful to watch the oil level and keep using it.
friend there is few reasons that cuases the burning of oil
1- worn piston rings .
2- bad valve seals .
3- pcv clogged .
4- worn valves guidings
so i advice you keep this informations in mind and go see a mechanic and ask what could cause the oil burns
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