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Old 03-17-2015, 11:56 AM   #1
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Blue smoke is oil being burned in the combustion chamber(s). White smoke is typically coolant. If the AOS doesn't help you it is time to look at the head gaskets and pray you don't have a crack somewhere in the heads etc.
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Blue smoke is oil being burned in the combustion chamber(s). White smoke is typically coolant. If the AOS doesn't help you it is time to look at the head gaskets and pray you don't have a crack somewhere in the heads etc.
That would truly suck. And I have had coolant leaks in the past that a mechanic fixed, but I did lose a bit of coolant on my drive back. Is burning oil and coolant a common problem that cars can have at the same time? I know the exhaust was basically dripping with oil and it smelled a whole lot like oil, but my loss of coolant as well was a bit disturbing.
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