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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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smoke?

my 2 week old 8 with ~1,000 miles smokes on initial start up. smells like oil.
also in traffic(stop and go) i can also smell oil burning...normal?
i love this car!
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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Nope, have checked out at the dealer.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 06:21 PM
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What do you mean? A lot of people get confused by this because when you first start up this car (especially when new) its smells very different from other vehicles. I thought something was wrong too, until I found out everyone's car has that smell coming for the exhaust..................
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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well, each morning, a cloud of blue/black smoke appears out of my exhaust. doesn't smoke on acceleration. smells like oil. the dealer wants me to leave the car overnight?
in traffic, i have a similar odor, but this one i could attribute to the cosmolene(?) effect.

no unusual oil consumption...
other than these niggling issues...this car is perfection!
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 12:54 PM
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never seen any smoke come out................. I have no idea then
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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Blue smoke on start-up means excess oil in the combustion chambers. Get your engine (oil metering pump?) checked out!
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