'89 Spirit. Seeing a little blue smoke

[87turbodance]

I just picked up an '89 spirit ES 3.0 a couple days ago. I noticed yesterday that it's puffing a little blue when my wife was driving. The motor runs strong and has just under 200,000 km on it. I haven't done a comression check yet. Would this be a valve guide problem? What is the recommended fix for this? It doesn't constantly blow smoke. I think it's either when you get on the throttle or let off. The car is immaculate. It spend it's whole life on the west coast so it didn't see any salt. Gotta love the power seat.

[mwinkle353]

Sounds like the infamous valve guide issue. But definately do a compression check on the motor. That will definately tell you how badly the rings are worn. If the car is in such pristine condition, maybe a complete motor rebuild might be in order. Do the compression test and come back with your results.


Wink