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Old 06-29-2011, 05:04 AM   #10
blue2000s
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Originally Posted by shlim8
I;ve always wondered... since everyone attributes this smokey start issue to the design of the horizontal cylinders.... why doesn't this this problem occur on the subaru wrx boxer engine or the alfa boxer engines ?? I never had a "smoking" problem with those engines. And I was using thinner engine oils with those engines (am on 5/50w now on the boxster).
My WRX doesn't seem to do it either. It's probably a combination of the H engine and the oiling system that work together to cause this. Other H engines don't dump as much oil into the cylinder at start-up.
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