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SMOKE! Lots of oil gone!

I have a 95 Mitsubishi Diamante. Everytime I take off it smokes from the muffler and the hood. If I idle for more than 10 seconds it goes up in smoke from the muffler and hood again. I have to put about a quart of oil in every two days or so. Its obviously burning oil but I dont know why.... Can you help me?
-Shannon

  • bradmills Jul 23, 2008

    This is a common Diamante problem and is caused by the relief holes on top of the valves being too small and they clog up. Once this happens, the evaporated oil, vapors or smoke has no where to go and pours out the tailpipe.

    I'm not a mechanic and I may not have all of the facts right, but this is how I remember the service manager explaining it.

    You may or may not need an overhaul. It's probably cheaper to just add oil for now. You'd have to take the top half of the engine apart to clean out the "weep" holes I believe they called them.

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At just about any auto part store, you can buy a bottle of "stop leak". There are a few different brands. Make sure the one you get is for oil.(they make it for radiators and transmissions, etc also...) You just pour it in where your oil goes, and it will help plug up any areas that the oil is leaking from. If it still persists, then you could have a much more serious problem on your hands. (also make sure your oil is not already topped off, when you go to try and pour the stop leak bottle in there! it will over flow)

Note: Your car may continue to smoke for a while, until it has finished burning off any oil that had already leaked out.

  • Anonymous Jun 27, 2008

    by the way, It sounds like your head gasket is blown... which is a pretty serious problem

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What do I do for that, or is it not even worth fixing???
-shannon

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