1992 Acura Legend Excessive Smoke

1992 ACURA LEGEND
186,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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CD_THETECHNICIAN
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Gents,

What causes excessive smoke and burn lots of oil on my car and I faiiled the smog test.

Thanks for help
Chris
Jun 24, 2010 at 7:25 PM
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RASMATAZ
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If the smoke is colored blue/bluish its burning oil could be due to valve/guides/seals/rings and cylinder wear-Get an engine compression/leakdwon tests
Jun 24, 2010 at 11:32 PM
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