# 2001 Dodge Intrepid/Smoking **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518 "2007-07-10T14:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BURNOUT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@BURNOUT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BURNOUT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518/1 "2007-07-10T14:48:34Z")
Dear Tom & Ray, I may have an answer for the reader who wrote in about the smoking Intrepid. I have a 1999 Intrepid with 160,000 mi on it. I tried to use full synthetic oil about a year ago. And the car smoked like the Batmobile. I switched back to regular oil. Every oil change I use a quart of LUCAS OIL STABILIZER. It is the only product on the market that really works. A lot of my friends use it. And I know several Mechanics who highly recommend it. Its about $10.00 a qt. But thats way cheaper than a new engine. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518/2 "2007-07-10T16:17:47Z")
While I would suggest that your fix might be a good idea for a 1991 car with lots of rust and 195,000 miles, but for a 2001, it would want to fix the problem, not just band aid it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518/3 "2007-07-10T20:37:04Z")
You might accomplish the same goal at less cost by simply going to a higher weight oil. You might also want to check your PCV valve. - mountainbike