Blowing some smoke when revved up

2003 MITSUBISHI PAJERO
84,000 MILES • 3.5L • V6 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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NWILKINS76
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When the car idles, it blows a little bit of grey smoke but when revved up it blows a bit more intermittently.

Edit: sorry, the engine is a 3.8L V6, not 3.5L as stated above.
Feb 6, 2019 at 12:08 AM
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NWILKINS76
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Feb 6, 2019 at 12:16 AM
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SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

If the smoke your blowing out has a blueish hue to it, it might be worn valve seals. Anyway, here are a few links that should help you track down what is going on with your vehicle:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-black-smoke
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/blue-smoke-from-engines-exhaust
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/white-smoke-or-steam-coming-from-the-exhaust-pipe

Let us know what you find out, and thank you for sending along the video.

Thanks,
Alex
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Feb 6, 2019 at 2:03 AM
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