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Blowing some smoke when revved up

Tiny
NWILKINS76
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  • 2003 MITSUBISHI PAJERO
  • 3.5L
  • V6
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 84,000 MILES
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.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 AT 12:08 AM

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Tiny
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 AT 12:16 AM
Tiny
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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
2CarPros

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