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Old 06-19-2012, 05:21 AM   #6
shadrach74
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Originally Posted by jackdar View Post
That was not the case with me. I was told that: with these horizontally opposed engines, it is not uncommon for a small amount of oil to be left in a space where it doesn't drain completely and therefore burns off on start up. The amount of blue smoke is fairly large in that it fills my rear view mirror. What is curious is that if this were common, why does it not happen more consistently?
It can be inherent to the engine design. That being said my 02 986 S (52000 miles) almost never smokes when parked on level ground and when it does, it is never "sizable"... Are you sure what you are seeing is not a tiny bit of smoke combined with a sizable amount of steam?
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