Blue smoke from 86 5kcstq

[Ameer Antar]

I was told it was ok for some oil to be in there, especially on such old 
cars. Also I was told much of this oil can likely be coming from the engine 
breather piping, since it gets sucked in the engine BEFORE the turbo. I 
think a compression test is in order, esp. if the power seems low. At least 
this gives you some POM about the engine. And if the compression is low 
under a dry test and better under a wet test, it's likley worn rings. If 
it's consistently low, then the problem is prolly in the head. good luck.

-ameer


At 04:52 AM 2/11/2001 , you wrote:
> > When I started my car this morning I got a huge amount of blue smoke from
> > the exaust.  The car had been parked for about 2 days, and was fine when I
> > parked it.  I shut it down after about 10 seconds and checked all of the
> > fluids, everything OK.  I restarted it and let it idle for about 3 minutes,
> > during this time the smoke seemed to be about the same.  So I went for a
> > quick mile or so drive to see if it cleaned up, it did.  I let it idle 
> again
> > for about 15 minutes, no smoke.  I let it sit for about 20 minutes and then
> > restarted, no smoke.  The car seems to run fine no miss or odd noises.  The
> > smoke is obviously oil burning, but the question is from where.  I was 
> going
> > to run a compression check in the morning.  Anybody have any other ideas?
>
>Turbo seal, inlet side.  Let the car stand again, then pull the hose
>from the end of the turbo and see if a thin strip of paper picks up
>oil lying in the vane housing.
>
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