Executioner2k5

what could cause this? the motor has 13k mile on it
http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...t=S8000022.flv
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STAYBG87Z

Headgasket?

95LT1conv

that looks like a valve seal issue

gitsum

Do you have cats on it? Mine started smoking like that when I took them off.

OBE1 95Z28

Removing the cats won't generate smoke If it's white smoke, it's likely a head gasket. If it's blue smoke, you're burning oil. If it's black smoke, you're running too rich.

Jazsun

My car smokes white a little when its cold out and I start it up in the morning. I have no cats so I think condensation builds up where they used to be.

shoebox

That looks like blue smoke to me.

Executioner2k5

c'mon is it blue or white lol help me! lol so i have either a blown head gastket or im burning oil what causes me to burn the oil?

onephatZ28

Bad rings

Executioner2k5

and what causes bad rings? running the engine to hard, over heating, sh.itty rings used for rebuild? will i need to rebuild if this is the case?

95LT1conv

bad rings should smoke constantly. it appeared in the vid that the smoke clesred up after a few seconds which is most likely valve seals

MARKTHOMASBRAND

I would say that was definitely blue smoke,I had an '87 GTA that did the same sort of thing only it was much worse than yours.As mentioned it's probably valve seals if it just occcurs on cold start-ups.

Executioner2k5

well i started my car like 10mins before that so not sure why it would still have all that smoke tho?

OBE1 95Z28

All cars, cats or no cats, will have condensation blow out the tail pipe until the system warms up. You think the old lady in the Accord in front of you removed her cats, yet here exhaust is blowing condensation out the tailpipe

Jazsun

Well, having gutted cats creates a kind of pool for water condensation which would normally be allowed to evaporate out the pipes normally but it gets stuck in the area where the cats used to be and trapped by the lip.