2001 V70XC - Blue smoke from tail pipe...

Post by **xHeart** » 03 Oct 2025, 09:51

Thank you!
The Amazon order arrived - Two-Way Articulating Borescope with Light.
The car is sitting on curbside since the original post date -- 10 days or so -- can it be started and moved into our garage for diagnostic and....

Post by **jonesg** » 05 Oct 2025, 04:04

xHeart wrote: 03 Oct 2025, 09:51 Thank you!
The Amazon order arrived - Two-Way Articulating Borescope with Light.
The car is sitting on curbside since the original post date -- 10 days or so -- can it be started and moved into our garage for diagnostic and....

I would move it before tearing into anything, don't wait for it to warm up.
After everything is hopefully fixed run cataclean through it.

Post by **xHeart** » 06 Oct 2025, 07:46

vtl wrote: 17 Sep 2025, 04:58 "High mileage" oils cause seals to swell. Carbonized piston rings can't be cleaned in any other way but mechanically, and it takes a lot of efforts to do so. In your case oil was dripping into cylinders via valve stem seals.

Ty Vtl: It has run on Pennzoil 5W40 for 8 or so years with a yearly oil and filter change around 6000 miles. I would love to share with you what I'd see with Borescope.