# Smoking engine stops smoking after oil addition. What's up?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905 "2021-02-10T20:30:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mark-Moses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mark-Moses](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mark-Moses)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905/1 "2021-02-10T20:30:32Z")

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What do you think the problem could be?

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**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905/2 "2021-02-10T20:34:03Z")

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Low on oil. Engine damage causing smoke. Keep this up and the engine will seize, it will stop smoking then

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905/3 "2021-02-10T20:54:15Z")

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How low was the oil?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smoking-engine-stops-smoking-after-oil-addition-whats-up/174905/4 "2021-02-10T21:18:55Z")

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> [@lion9car](#):
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> How low was the oil?

Yup!  
That is the key question, along with…

_How long has it been since the OP last changed his oil, how often does he check his oil between oil changes, and how much oil does it typically consume between oil changes?_