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Old 10-10-2011, 09:08 AM   #1
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Black smoke billowing from left exhaust pipe?

I'm under an oil consumption test because the oil seems to be disappearing really quickly.

I also had someone take a photo of my car yesterday driving and there are billows of black smoke coming out of only the LEFT exhaust pipe.

Could they be related? what could be the issue?

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Old 10-10-2011, 10:00 AM   #2
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Not sure.....haven't heard of this happening in the V6 yet, but I would check in the V8 section those guys might have seen this before
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Old 10-10-2011, 10:04 AM   #3
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The smoke from the drivers side sounds like a piston/ring/cylinder issue to me. A leak down test will need to be performed to determine which one. Oil smoke is generally blue/black but the cats will burn alot of it.

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Old 10-10-2011, 01:27 PM   #4
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Tracy is correct, not a good sign. How long has this been going on? How many miles on the car?
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Old 10-10-2011, 03:42 PM   #5
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Oops... Not sure how this got in the V6 section... Probably because we have a V6 and a V8 and I forget where I am sometimes! Haha... This is on our SS.

Well I've been having oil consumption issues the last 10k miles. Just noticed the smoke yesterday! Only happens at high RPMS under load!
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