Tommy
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What are the causes of burning too much oil and white ish smoke out of zorst ??
The engine management loght dont come on, just the oil light.

[Edited on 28-08-2006 by LoudandLow]
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Ian
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Piston rings?
Stem seals?
White smoke could also be water.
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Tommy
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Cheers Ian, how do i check for these ??
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Tommy
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TTT
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SHARPY
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water in your oil / oily water in your expansion tank
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Tommy
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Sorry for being thick but where is the expansion tank.
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Tommy
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???
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RyeSt
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Its the bottle with the yellow top near the battery
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Dave A
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white smoke: burning water (head gasket)
oil light: low oil pressure (low on oil, cracked oilwaycracked head or block.....
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Tommy
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Ok started the car this morn and drove it a short distance, no oil light and no smoke but there was deffinatly summit wrong with it.
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Tommy
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N e other ideas ?
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Tommy
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N E more help ???
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1 SCR
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does the temp get high and does ur car drink a lot of water?
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Tommy
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Nope temp dont get high, dont drink much water either.
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Sam
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Just take your car to a mechanic, the engine is obviously fucked so they will be able to tell you EXACTLY what's wrong with it.
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Marc
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Good diagnostic Sam!
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Sam
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It's an Ecotec engine, do you expect them to last forever?
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Dave A
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good point
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