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Old 10 July 2003, 10:39 PM
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Went for a long(ish) drive tonight, mainly motorway, not giving it any stick at all.

Got to my destination, and i left the car ticking over for about 10 mins, whilst i sat and ate my Mcd's...

When i pulled away, there was a lot of blue smoke, only for a few seconds though, first time it's happened.

Stopped the car, let it idle for a while again to see if it would do it again, but nothing.

Any ideas ?
Old 11 July 2003, 04:11 AM
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Normally valve guide wear would do this.
Old 11 July 2003, 11:45 AM
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Could be overfill of oil?

But probably valve seal.
Old 14 July 2003, 12:54 PM
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Oil looks to be ok, although it's running 0/40, which i know is too thin, and this is getting changed this week.

Tried it again this week, ran the car for a while, let it sit for 10 mins, then pulled awy and it was fine. ????

A bit strange, will keep an eye on things.

Ta lads.
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Ah yes 0 is far too thin for a Subaru

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Old 16 July 2003, 07:57 AM
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Yeah, so it seems.

Makes the car hell of a noisy too...sounds a bit tractor like..lol.
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