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Lots of smoke


MrYoda
07-01-2004, 12:13 PM
In the past couple of weeks my '95 Geo started pumping out large clouds of blue-white smoke when I step an the gas (even if it's just a light touch). It's burning at least 2 qts of 10w-30 each week and basically lacks any power so I have to feather the gas peddle if I'm going up even a slight incline. If the rpm's get in the beginning of the upper range the engine will sputter and cough. It has about 150,000 miles on it. Time for a new engine or is it less serious than that?

I bought it new in '95 and it's been great to me all that time--until now. I'm not sure I want to abandon it.

jamcllw
07-01-2004, 02:45 PM
probably just need new rings but I'm not sure

geozukigti
07-01-2004, 03:15 PM
Sounds like a combination of a toasted engine, and a bad MAP or Crank postition sensor.

datalore7
08-17-2004, 09:53 PM
Hey my 94 has the same thing I was thing about putting rings in my geo but I have not had the time to do it I've talk to a mech friend of mine and he said that I had bad ring in one of the piston. Hope this helps you.

Infinitrium
08-17-2004, 11:03 PM
Hey my 94 has the same thing I was thing about putting rings in my geo but I have not had the time to do it I've talk to a mech friend of mine and he said that I had bad ring in one of the piston. Hope this helps you.

If you've got one bad ring, the others are probably on their way out, eventually.

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