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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 03:27 PM
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2001 saturn l200 exhaust smoking horribly. Anyway to inexpensively alleviate some of the oil burn off... any advice?
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 04:27 PM
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Synthetic engine oil smokes less, but you need to correct the oil burning really.
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 10:23 PM
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Synthetic engine oil smokes less, but you need to correct the oil burning really.
a thicker oil or honey oil?
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 10:40 PM
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No, synthetic only smokes less. It will still burn oil until you repair the engine.
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 10:41 PM
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No, synthetic only smokes less. It will still burn oil until you repair the engine.
where's the easiest cheapest place to start?
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 11:10 PM
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Rings and valve seals is where most oil gets that it is not supposed to. If you don’t have much money to spend I recommend a different car. It is a major undertaking to repair a tired engine.
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 11:20 PM
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Rings and valve seals is where most oil gets that it is not supposed to. If you don’t have much money to spend I recommend a different car. It is a major undertaking to repair a tired engine.
well I plan to run it till it's dead, making small repairs as I can , I guess I don't see getting money for selling it. I can't figure out the ac problem, it burns up compressors, have had 3 done now. And the catalytic converter plugged so it was cored out.
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 11:28 PM
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I think it is waving the white flag as we type.

Small repairs and oil burning do not belong in the same sentence.
I answered your other AC thread. If you've killed 3 compressors the compressor is probably not the root cause, only the final outcome

Let it go and move on (my advice)
 
Old Jun 18, 2018 | 11:56 PM
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Ok thanks. Sorry to waste your time
 
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