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Vauxhall Astra Sport Puffing Out Blue Smoke
Hi, ive got a Vauxhall Astra 95 1.8 Sport which seems to be chucking out blue
smoke which i suspect is an oil problem and so i checked the oil and it seemed abit low so i topped it up and after driving for about 40miles the oil level has gone down quite alot again, it also blew out alot of blue smoke when i was in a car park going at no more than 10mph. Ive tried giving it a good go down a stretch of road but its still got the blue smoke coming out every few miles, can anyone give me any advice on what to do about this? Is it a major issue, i work for a motor parts shop so i can get hold of bits to fit myself if something needs replacing as would rather not have to pay out for a mechanic if poss. Cheers for any help. |
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Vauxhall Astra Sport Puffing Out Blue Smoke
"MissyRee" <u43763@uwe> wrote in message news:84874129b3529@uwe...
> Hi, ive got a Vauxhall Astra 95 1.8 Sport which seems to be chucking out > blue > smoke which i suspect is an oil problem and so i checked the oil and it > seemed abit low so i topped it up and after driving for about 40miles the > oil > level has gone down quite alot again, it also blew out alot of blue smoke > when i was in a car park going at no more than 10mph. Ive tried giving it > a > good go down a stretch of road but its still got the blue smoke coming out > every few miles, can anyone give me any advice on what to do about this? > Is > it a major issue, i work for a motor parts shop so i can get hold of bits > to > fit myself if something needs replacing as would rather not have to pay > out > for a mechanic if poss. > Cheers for any help. Yes, blue smoke sounds as if oil is getting into the cylinders and burning with the petrol. If the oil level has gone down "quite a lot" after driving just 40 miles, then that's a serious loss of oil. I'd suspect the piston rings which seal the pistons to the cylinder walls. I would imagine that replacing them would be a sizeable task involving dismantling and reassembling the engine :-( |
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Vauxhall Astra Sport Puffing Out Blue Smoke
In article <84874129b3529@uwe>, MissyRee <u43763@uwe> wrote:
>Hi, ive got a Vauxhall Astra 95 1.8 Sport which seems to be chucking out blue >smoke which i suspect is an oil problem and so i checked the oil and it >seemed abit low so i topped it up and after driving for about 40miles the oil >level has gone down quite alot again, it also blew out alot of blue smoke >when i was in a car park going at no more than 10mph. Ive tried giving it a >good go down a stretch of road but its still got the blue smoke coming out >every few miles, can anyone give me any advice on what to do about this? Is >it a major issue, i work for a motor parts shop so i can get hold of bits to >fit myself if something needs replacing as would rather not have to pay out >for a mechanic if poss. I suspect you will find that the REPLACE ENGINE light has illuminated on your dashboard. You probably don't want to do a ring job yourself without help. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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