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11 February 2019, 08:22 PM

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Blue smoke on idle

does anyone know what this means? It's only when idle for maybe a minute or more then smoke starts coming out of the exhaust, then when driving it goes away.

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11 February 2019, 08:26 PM

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Could be one of numerous things. Turbo, valve stem oil seals, rings.

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11 February 2019, 08:35 PM

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was hoping for a less invasive cheaper answer tbh.

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11 February 2019, 08:42 PM

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My 1st Impreza did this, it was turbo seals so I stuck a 2nd hand one on and it cured it

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12 February 2019, 10:29 PM

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done an oil change recently ? over filled ? worth putting in a catch can if it’s only on start up

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