I'm surprised your mechanic dad never suggested a leakdown test to figure out where to start.

 

yea the dipstick situation is solved now. you got any other ideas AJ? cuz this problem is killin me haha. maybe i can give you a ride so you can get a better idea. and then you can give me a ride sometime so i know what a real ss feels like haha

 

arrgggg. Oil wouldn't smoke white. so if your dad is a mechanic im glad he doesn't work on my ****.

what does the cloud that comes by the window smell like? oil, could it be coolant? is your coolant low at all?

 

well like i said he "used" to be a mechanic...like 30+ years ago. and its funny how now all these brainiacs come out after like 2 weeks lol and it smells like oil...and it comes directly from the exhaust tip.

 

It's CSS, what the **** we're you expecting? A good old fashion blow job from some scantily clad anorexic girl while some PhD in automotive engineering diagnoses your problem to a tee with what you've posted?

Ain't gunna ******* happen buddy.

 

used to be. oil has burned blue FOREVER. White is Coolant or trans fuild.

does it do it right at startup, say after sitting overnight. that is typical of Valve seals.
could it possibly be Turbo Seals. i dont own an LNF, but are the Turbos Oil Cooled, im guessing no as this is page 3 and no one said it yet

 

well in a previous post i mentioned that it kinda had a blue tint to it. and it only does it after the car has warmed for about 15 minutes or so of driving. and then it only does it under a high vacuum situation. (letting off the gas or slowing down). even at a stop it really doesn't smoke.

 

Start doing tests like the guy above said never hurts to try one and that's probably what we'll have to do so we'll know what's really going on here.

 

at this point i would go with the Compression/Leak down Test. im sure you can rent the tool at Autozone and read online how to do it. if you're somewhat mechanically inclined you can probably figure it out. write down the results for all cylinders, don't try and remember them.

 

okay so i took my car to the dealer today for a cylinder leakdown test because of smoking from the exhaust (oil kind) and this is how the results came back...

Cyl # Compression /Cyl. Leakage
1- 140psi /1- 10%
2- 135psi /2- 12%
3- 135psi /3- 10%
4- 135psi /4- 20%

According to the tech, all those are within spec? I personally dont know but 20% seems a little high on cyl. 4. Whats the dealio?

Could this also be a case of a turbo seal? open to any ideas/suggestions

 

If you took it to the dealer, then you haz warranty yes? If you have warranty, ask the dealer to fix it. It is not going to be an easy thing to discover and odds of us being able to diagnose over the internets are next to null at this point. Work with the dealership under your warranty to diagnose it and fix it. They will work WITH you, not against you.

 

well what the deal is, is that i do have warranty but it is flagged cuz of all the parts. they haven't informed me that the warranty is removed yet tho. and im pretty sure this dealer sucks at life cuz they even charged me for this leakdown test (they didn't tell me that i was gonna have to pay for it at the first). then i asked if they could take it in and go in deeper to find out whats wrong and they kinda refused. they said they they would have to tear everything apart to find out exactly..and even then it would be hard to tell. so they dont seem to willing to work with me at all.

 

if the local dealership won't work with you, you can try an alternate dealership or contact General Motors customer support. GM Support will help guide you through the process, but don't be surprised if they find out whats wrong and you end up paying for it anyway.

The best option would be to contact GM Customer support, explain the situation in full and ask if there is anything they can do to help. Also, make sure to read the Moss-Magnuson act in its entirety so you are aware of your rights regarding warranty repairs.

GM Customer Assistance - 1.800-222-1020

Moss-Magnuson Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuso...s_Warranty_Act
[edit] also: http://www.lemon-law-explained.com/m...ranty-act.html

This will help you understand your rights as a warranty holder and consumer of warrantied product.

 

Thanks for that info. And i guess i dont really care if its warrantied or not. I mean obviously if i can get it fixed for free then im all for it. but i have no problem putting in money/work myself to get it done. i just wanna know whats wrong exactly lol thanks for the # btw

 

took it to a few different places today and one place suggested that it could be turbo seals and another place said that he was 90% sure it was turbo seals..and a good way to check was if there was oil in the chargepipes and whatnot. so i pulled the chargepipes (finally..been dealing with 0 degree weather and snow for 3 weeks) and sure as **** there was a good amount of oil in the hotside pipes. So...im thinkin its turbo seals.

 

thank goodness. Im glad you got this solved. Just imagine if you had just taken the charge pipes off in the first place since theyre so easy to pop off

But you didnt know.