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98 V70 R Smoking while idling

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adammathewvaughn
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Joined: 2 April 2014
Year and Model: 98 V70-XC
Location: Smyrna, TN

Re: 98 V70 R Smoking while idling

Post by adammathewvaughn »

My recently purchased V70 was doing the same thing. Fine when it started, but after warming up it smoked REALLY badly at takeoff and idle. I poured a half a bottle of Seafoam into a quarter-tank of gas and it stopped smoking by the time the tank was empty. Also put about a third of a bottle of Seafoam into the oil and drove it about 100 miles before changing it, just for good measure. Been almost two months now and has not smoked since. I suspect the issue was valve or valve-stem related.

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