jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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normally i wouldnt worry too much about my car smoking abit as its just normal for the engine................ but........................... at the weekend i asked my gf to move my car for me and as she was doin it i told her to give it a few revs so i could hear what my new exhaust sounds like from outside the car. she didnt even rev it hard and it puffed out what to me looked like 'black' smoke. ive neva noticed this before! ive only ever noticed slight blue smoke at high engine revs.
........................ is this normal and what could be causing it?
piston rings?
valve stem seals?
breathers?
cheers
james
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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black smoke is normally just fuel .. nothing to worry about . was the engine quite cold when she revvd it?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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fairly cold. thats a big relief!
what about the smoking at high revs? its usin up 1l of oil on about 1week of driving (about 250miles)
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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1 litre of oil a week! that seems alot
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SportBoy
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Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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useing quite abit of oil .. either valve stem seals or piston rings/worn bores normally .. you have to take the head off to change the rings so you may aswell get the stem seals changed while the head is off .. or just keep topping it up with oil  .. re-builds can get quite expensive
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by John G
1 litre of oil a week! that seems alot
oh yes... mine leaks but i still don't use a litre a week
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Ry_B
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Registered: 1st Dec 05
Location: Solihull, W Mids Drives: 45BHP beast!
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1 litre a week 
Well you said you sometimes have blue smoke, so I'm guessing your piston rings are shot mate 
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X 60RSA
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Registered: 20th Aug 01
Location: Lincoln
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I used a litre a week in mine, did a compression test and turned out it was the rings, so i sold it!
I just kept topping it up, it drove fine, but you couldn't see smoke in the day time at all, only at night when a car was behind with its lights on.
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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quote:
Originally posted by X 60RSA
I used a litre a week in mine, did a compression test and turned out it was the rings, so i sold it!
I just kept topping it up, it drove fine, but you couldn't see smoke in the day time at all, only at night when a car was behind with its lights on.
rings dnt cost that much to get fixed do they?
james get it sorted dnt u dare sel it!
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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fink ill just keep toppin it up lol. get all the oil i need from work lol. looking for another engine to rebuild but its not easy to find one at a good price that my bank balance will allow
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