# Smoking car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-car/1271>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 4, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-car/1271 "2007-07-04T03:44:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![brian\_morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@brian\_morris](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brian_morris)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-car/1271/1 "2007-07-04T03:44:45Z")

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93 olds 3.4 150k mi + had trans rebilt rear seal on mtr frnt seal tps idle air and oil pan gasket replaced. now it smokes bad when you start it clouls of white smoke. never smoked b4 used 2qts oil in a week\>\>\> help??

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**Author:** ![brian\_morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@brian\_morris](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brian_morris)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-car/1271/2 "2007-07-04T03:48:42Z")

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clouds of white smoke

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-car/1271/3 "2007-07-04T04:27:47Z")

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Burning oil causes blue smoke not white. White smoke would be caused by burning coolant.  
~Michael (Dartman69)