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engine smoke

Tech Talk for Mitsubishi owners.

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Post by crabber »

I have a 92 model 3l v6 manuel paj . lately it has had the habbit of blowing a bit of stinky blue smoke from the exhaust. more often than i would like it to. any ideas of what it might be?
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Post by pom300 »

when u start it or leave it idling or when u rev it
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Post by bakerboy »

possibly valve stem seals, or piston rings
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Post by crabber »

thanks for the reply fellas. yeah it only blows the smoke after i have been driving for a while. give it an hour or so of driving around then thats when it starts. but its not constant its just every now and then.
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Post by Brendan-s »

The 3.0Ls are notorious for burning oil (rings shot) above 200, 250xxx km.
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Post by crabber »

Yeah cheers mate, i had a feeling it was that but was just hoping it was sumthing similar
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