Posted by Jim Glover (IP: 204.215.202.219) on March 31, 2000 at 17:16:11:
In Reply to: not too much longer! posted by Joel N. on March 30, 2000 at 21:52:08:
: adding to the list of reasons why my mav shouldnt be running, something weird is happening. tonight on my way home (and a few days ago in a parking lot) i was sitting at a stop light. i looked in my rear view and it was TOTALLY clouded in blue smoke! i know its oil burning, but it hardly ever happens (athough more frequently as of late) and it stops when i start to go. (of course, at the rest of the stoplights on the way home it didnt do that!) what on earth could be causing this? just curious, cause i would be DAMN stupid to put any money into that car!
...could be some of the umbrella shaped valve seals, which I'm certain are very brittle finally cracked and fell completely off or a clogged pcv might be the problem. PCV valves are easy and cheap. Even the valve seals themselves can be changed without pulling the head off of the motor.