slight blue smoke
10-30-2006, 05:51 PM
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slight blue smoke
Hey everyone,
recently i purchased a 2000 s430, love the car but sometimes when its cold outside i noticed recently it blows blue smoke for the first 5 sec upon starting. The car has about 65000 miles. Is this an indication that my engine is gonna begin burning oil?
recently i purchased a 2000 s430, love the car but sometimes when its cold outside i noticed recently it blows blue smoke for the first 5 sec upon starting. The car has about 65000 miles. Is this an indication that my engine is gonna begin burning oil?
10-30-2006, 06:43 PM
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I have read about blue smoke somewhere before. To my knowledge, it is NOT normal (white smoke in cold weather is normal). I'm not sure if its burning oil. Check the dipstick lately?
10-30-2006, 08:15 PM
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man take it too the shop before your car blows up!!! seriously ur car could start burning oil inside the engine. usually happens when theirs a leakage somewhere
10-31-2006, 05:06 AM
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Slight blue smoke on start up means, you should have your valve seals checked. After you turn your car off oil settles in the valvetrain, What happens is a small amount of oil is leaking past the valve seal and burning off in the combustion chamber when you start the car up, thats why it isn’t always burning up oil and emitting blue smoke.
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11-01-2006, 11:11 AM
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The dealer told me my 2000 S430 was buring oil. The dealer said Mercedes would cover if I could show all of the proper oil changes were being made. I got the car at 89k and only had 1 year of history that I could find. The alternative was to pay for a desludge which would cost close to 10k. Said they couldn't tell exactly what the problem was until they took the engine apart and then the adjuster would have to come in and approve payment for only the defective part. Meanwhile I am paying for the labor to break it down and put it back together. I have just been checking the oil every week. I have to add 1 QT every month or so.
