Burning Oil....

[DWeigs]

Well i have been noticeing latley that i have been burning more oil then usual. I am not sure why but from what i have herd it is probably a seal..... I have noticed some whiteish smoke and the oily smell. So my question is. Is it more then likely a seal what should i do to check it out...
It is a 1996 Eagle Talon.... Let me know thanks

[Guest]

rings...

[TsiTom]

Change the oil and look to see if there is coolant in it...at the same time check your coolant level to see if thats gone down as well....white smoke is a good indication of a coolant leak...

If there is coolant in the oil...it could be a leaky headgasket.

[DWeigs]

Ya when i start the car up you can see the white smoke and if i get on it. I can see some from the rear view mirror.

[TsiTom]

96Talon wrote:
Ya when i start the car up you can see the white smoke and if i get on it. I can see some from the rear view mirror.

Is there a nice cloud of smoke in between shifts?....

[DWeigs]

Not that i know of or that i have noticed. So there could be but i dont think so...

[24valvenotak]

does it do it only when the car is warm? or only when the car is cold? or all the time?

[DWeigs]

All the time it seems like. The smoke is more noticeable when its cold but i can still smell it and see it.

[24valvenotak]

valve stem seals?

[DWeigs]

I have no clue this is all new to me so whatever you say is kinda weird lol. But im not gonna rule nething out..

[treimche]

White smoke is burning coolant. It's probably the head gasket. If the car is a non turbo (420A), those are notorious for head gasket failures.

[DWeigs]

Could i have a cracked block...

[TsiTom]

96Talon wrote:
Could i have a cracked block...

No.

[aliengotpsi]

Turbo, rings, valve seals, how many miles on the car??

[DWeigs]

Its not a turbo so it couldnt be the turbo rings. Also it had 186,000 miles on it. There has never been a rebuild on to my knowledge

[treimche]

96Talon wrote:
Its not a turbo so it couldnt be the turbo rings. Also it had 186,000 miles on it. There has never been a rebuild on to my knowledge

First of all there is no such thing as turbo rings, I dont know where that came from. Second of all, like I posted in my last post, if your car is a non turbo, which you just said it is, those are notorious for head gasket failures. Now since your car is smoking white like you said, I would venture a guess at it being the head gasket. Go get it replaced. Even if it's not the head gasket, you should replace it anyways because it will need it since those motors are crap.

[Parker]

treimche wrote:
you should replace it anyways because it will need it since those motors are crap. so much hate:icon_bigsmurf:

[treimche]

2.5RS wrote:
so much hate:icon_bigsmurf:

Not really, the 420A never did anything to me, they just suck, and that's the honest truth.

[smtomps1955]

i would check to see if you are dumping to much fuel into your motor, when this happens the fuel usually ends up in the oil. it has to do with your eletronic fuel injection, when it starts to go out that is what it does, until it goes out it will dump way to much fuel in your car and thus it wont start at all and be carefull if this does happen because your car will back fire real bad and may start on fire cause the fuel will start leaking out of exaust manifold and down threw exaust piping. the part to fix this is rather expensive, but i dont know remember what the part is call but its located in or arond your fuel pump if i remember right.

[treimche]

smtomps1955 wrote:
the part to fix this is rather expensive, but i dont know remember what the part is call but its located in or arond your fuel pump if i remember right.

Are you serious?