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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:32 AM
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If you change your oil from Synthetic oil to non and when you start the car it smokes and fills the block with uhh smoke is that norm? or bad?
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:51 AM
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It's good if you think black smoke is magical.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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Lol black smoke magical...
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 08:55 AM
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That's odd. The opposite is more plausible. It's not a good idea to switch to a real synthetic (Polyol Ester) if the car has many miles on dino and hasn't had oil seals recently replaced. I've seen leaking develop and smoking in a friend's Miata recently (Leaks everywhere and turbo smoke).

Black smoke, however, indicates rich mixture. Blue to bluish white smoke indicates the burning of oil more typically.

Paul.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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Thanks for the info guys. He was like meh its all good. I was like uhh no.
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