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car smokes when it idles

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zeekster777

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Dec 31, 2009
valley center, California
so i picked up a 1995 rs today. and when it just sites and idles it starts to smoke, it is oil smoke, not water smoke. and it only starts once it gets warm, any help:D
 
so i picked up a 1995 rs today. and when it just sites and idles it starts to smoke, it is oil smoke, not water smoke. and it only starts once it gets warm, any help:D

Do a leak down test to help pin-point the source. I think it might be the valve seals, but it could be other things too.
 
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