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[CoolDoctorJ]

celicaboston1983 - I didn't get any smoke this morning either. Seeing as how we're (theoretically) in the same part of the state I almost want to think that the weather or the atmosphere has some sort of effect on it. Weird...

I'll have to look into that stop leak stuff.

[celicaboston1983]

o **** i didnt even know you was from ma too im gonna try some of that stp stuff

[celicaboston1983]

i cahnged my oil and put in stp stop leak stuff during the weekend and havent been smoking when i start up in two days : )

[bufferdan]

Very Very common with these cars. Even my g/f's celica with 70k on it does it. Try some of that stopleak or some additive and see what happens. Its not a big deal anyways. Probably just a drop of oil every now and then.

[neoklis]

Yeah the STP product is excellent although its old tech (but then so is the Celi) I use such products all the time for preventive purposes. I would love to see if this is an actual treatment though. So everybody with this problem just get this STP product and report back to get a success ratio.

[celicaboston1983]

its been two days with out smoking since i put it in

[Snarfer]

I just took a 5s head apart with a little under 60k and the valve seals were cracked and falling apart. Although it was a 96. I guess its just a pretty normal problem with these engines.

[audiophile24]

well she is smokin time for a 3sgte swap my freind and sell the 5sfe to a freind who has a tercel he wants to put the 5sfe in...

This post has been edited by audiophile24: Jul 27, 2004 - 11:32 PM

[celicaboston1983]

after two days of being smoke-free i got smoke today

[CoolDoctorJ]

Yep. I didn't use STP, but I found a different oil treatment with Stop Leak. Sure enough, it worked for about 2 days and then the smoke was back. Sigh.

[celicaboston1983]

weird **** it smoked yesterday and it didnt smoke today wahts going on

[CoolDoctorJ]

I still think it's the weather somehow. Atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature, moon phases, something...