# 2000 Subaru Forester - Smokes **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** subaru\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018 "2023-12-14T19:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ymurangira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3da27b/32.png) [@ymurangira](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ymurangira)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/1 "2023-12-14T19:50:30Z")
My burns oil and produces a lot of exhaust smoke, how best I can fix a such problem? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/2 "2023-12-14T20:39:08Z")
Your car repair shop will have to perform some tests to determine the cause. Common reasons are - valve stem seals - piston rings - pcv system And it is possible there’s more than one culprit, the exhaust smoke and the oil loss may be unrelated. What the oil consumption, in miles per quart? ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/3 "2023-12-14T23:28:44Z")
> [@ymurangira](#): > > My burns oil and produces a lot of exhaust smoke, how best I can fix a such problem? How many miles on the engine/vehicle?? What color is the exhaust smoke?? As George already mentioned, how much oil is it burning?? Probably a new, used or reman engine… ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/4 "2023-12-15T12:01:26Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > Probably a new, used or reman engine And new catalytic converters, oil has probably destroyed the cats. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/5 "2023-12-18T21:46:00Z")
Most common problem is bad head gaskets on these. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/6 "2023-12-18T21:50:01Z")
![289ddd5ebec8dd28992dece60a859d9588d0d781_hq](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/d/bdbbb0aad5f2fa8a1c9a56678949bd480997fc66.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/7 "2023-12-18T22:12:12Z")
It is likely you’ll need either a new engine or a new car. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-subaru-forester-smokes/194018/8 "2023-12-18T22:57:24Z")
As has already been noted, these are signs of an engine on it’s last half of a leg. The only cheap one you could hope for is a clogged PCV valve.