Need Engine Help!!!
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Need Engine Help!!!
My 91 Protege LX is smoking really bad. It's a 1.8 DOHC and it's blowing a white-ish/blue color so I know it's oil. It tends to smoke at idle, starting out from a light or from a stop like for a stop sign, and if I give it a lil gas. Any ideas/suggestions on what could be wrong and what I can do to fix it?
Adam
91 LX
Adam
91 LX
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Re: Need Engine Help!!!
Originally posted by 4drmiata
My 91 Protege LX is smoking really bad. It's a 1.8 DOHC and it's blowing a white-ish/blue color so I know it's oil. It tends to smoke at idle, starting out from a light or from a stop like for a stop sign, and if I give it a lil gas. Any ideas/suggestions on what could be wrong and what I can do to fix it?
My 91 Protege LX is smoking really bad. It's a 1.8 DOHC and it's blowing a white-ish/blue color so I know it's oil. It tends to smoke at idle, starting out from a light or from a stop like for a stop sign, and if I give it a lil gas. Any ideas/suggestions on what could be wrong and what I can do to fix it?
Just keep an eye on your oil level (you may be burning as much as a quart every 250 miles) and start budgeting for a new motor (JDM motors are around $500-700). Rebuilding is considerably more expensive (like $2500+). You might be able to get away rebuilding the head if it's only the vavle seals.
And if you don't keep track of your oil level, you could be in for a new engine much sooner.
But, friends have driven cars like that for years. It's just not good for your catalytic converter or the environment.
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