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I have seen this where the car was originally running on thicker viscosity & when serviced they used a slightly thinner oil.
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Use additive or swap oil

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Resolve = thicken up oil using an additive or swap oil
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

...smoke has started firing from my exhaust. I've just got it back after it had a major service, and a 'blue smoke' cloud has started appearing on startup. Could this be linked to it being overfilled with oil? Is this normal after a service? It clears up by the time I've backed out of my drive, but it's more than a little embarrasing when your pride and joy looks like a knacked Nova on startup!

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I have seen this where the car was originally running on thicker viscosity & when serviced they used a slightly thinner oil. I would say it isn't anything to worry about, the engine being a flat 6 can be prone to getting a few drips of oil into the combustion chambers which will burn off during start up giving a Blue cloud. Resolve = thicken up oil using an additive or swap oil

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Mine does this aswell, i noticed it was slightly overfilled with oil, a few people have told me it is not unusual for this to happen. The smoke does clear after a minute or so, i must say it is a bit worrying especially after reading about engines letting go etc. Could this be a air/oil seperator valve problem i have heard of ?

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Bit of an update, i went in to my local opc today and spoke to one of the guy's about this problem, his words were not to worry and they get loads of people in mentioning it. common problem but as long as the smoke clears after a min or two then no worries cheers.

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