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Morelli · 02-14-2005, 12:33 PM

This is odd. Once in a while, I can smell a faint odor of burning oil...With the engine directly behind me, it doesn't strike me as too unusual.

Then today when I left for lunch, I turned the car on, and she coughed out a good amount of grey smoke. Definitely burnt oil. Is there anything in these cars that would make this happen intermittently? I checked the oil level and it was fine. I sat with the engine revved at 3500rpm, and it was fine. It was also fine on the way home from lunch. It just coughed pretty hard when I first kicked her over.

I got the car in November, don't know the service history. I am taking it in this week or next for a complete tune up (58k miles)...but has anyone had this happen?

02-14-2005, 12:33 PM	#1
Morelli Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 90	Oil burning smell, coughed smoke on startup... This is odd. Once in a while, I can smell a faint odor of burning oil...With the engine directly behind me, it doesn't strike me as too unusual. Then today when I left for lunch, I turned the car on, and she coughed out a good amount of grey smoke. Definitely burnt oil. Is there anything in these cars that would make this happen intermittently? I checked the oil level and it was fine. I sat with the engine revved at 3500rpm, and it was fine. It was also fine on the way home from lunch. It just coughed pretty hard when I first kicked her over. I got the car in November, don't know the service history. I am taking it in this week or next for a complete tune up (58k miles)...but has anyone had this happen?