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Old 09-03-2009, 10:00 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by ppbon
An occasional smoke on startup is normal, because of the layout of the flat 6 engine...
Pedro
That is an 'Old Wives' Tale! There is no greater propensity for a Boxer engine to smoke on startup than any other IC motor.

As proof, all you need to do is look at Subaru's boxer-4 and flat-6 engines, they do not smoke.

If a horizontally opposed motor smokes on startup, there's an issue with rings, valves or guides, or in the case of the Boxster, the AOS.

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