Well I just bought this car and changed the oil.
The previous owner asserted that the engine had just recently been rebuilt (I think they all do with these cars).
So being the gas mileage/horsepower freak that I am, I decided to give 0w-20 Mobil 1 a shot.
I guess I should have known better, the car smokes for 3 minutes solid BADLY if I let it sit for a few hours.
I mean this sucker SMOKES!!
The car never smoked before this at start up from what I can recall.
So I know that you all are pros here, heck my 92 Protege DX beater is still alive because of what I have learned on this board!!
I am going to guess that one of the following happened:
1) Synthetic high detergent action kicked in and cleaned up all the junk around the seals.
2) The valve stem seals are bad, and the previous owner through some heavy oil in there to fool me.
3) Some combination thereof, including the possibility that the previous owner put the proper oil weight in the car, but I got too agressive.
I posted here instead of a DSM board because many of you tend to think, and back up your thoughts with some good deductive reasoning.
Do I need to get this oil out of there right now, or should I get my money's worth and throw some 20w 50 in there as it burns each quart?
Is it always going to smoke like this with 0w-20?
Will it now smoke with every oil weight I put in there because I did this?
I know someone with a DSM who is getting away with 5w 20 mobil 1 and I don't believe his car smokes.
Any thoughts? (Please no flames or one line sentences that haven't been thought out)
Thanks!!
The previous owner asserted that the engine had just recently been rebuilt (I think they all do with these cars).
So being the gas mileage/horsepower freak that I am, I decided to give 0w-20 Mobil 1 a shot.
I guess I should have known better, the car smokes for 3 minutes solid BADLY if I let it sit for a few hours.
I mean this sucker SMOKES!!
The car never smoked before this at start up from what I can recall.
So I know that you all are pros here, heck my 92 Protege DX beater is still alive because of what I have learned on this board!!
I am going to guess that one of the following happened:
1) Synthetic high detergent action kicked in and cleaned up all the junk around the seals.
2) The valve stem seals are bad, and the previous owner through some heavy oil in there to fool me.
3) Some combination thereof, including the possibility that the previous owner put the proper oil weight in the car, but I got too agressive.
I posted here instead of a DSM board because many of you tend to think, and back up your thoughts with some good deductive reasoning.
Do I need to get this oil out of there right now, or should I get my money's worth and throw some 20w 50 in there as it burns each quart?
Is it always going to smoke like this with 0w-20?
Will it now smoke with every oil weight I put in there because I did this?
I know someone with a DSM who is getting away with 5w 20 mobil 1 and I don't believe his car smokes.
Any thoughts? (Please no flames or one line sentences that haven't been thought out)
Thanks!!